HTTP post from perl script on UNIX box to asp script on NT box

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How do I post variables from a perl script on a UNIX box to an asp script on an NT box. I currently have the perl script doing a redirect to the NT box with the variables assigned. When I run the script and check the Access database on the NT box, there aren't any new rows created. Any suggestions?

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Re: HTTP post from perl script on UNIX box to asp script on NT box by Anonymous Monk on Oct 17, 2001 at 19:36 UTC
this is a GET isn't it? If you're putting the data into the url itself it's a GET.	[reply]
Re: HTTP post from perl script on UNIX box to asp script on NT box by Anonymous Monk on Jun 06, 2000 at 17:20 UTC
Hi, build a http-request with the following form: `your-url?name1=value1&name2=value2 a.s.o.` [download] '?' starts your parameters, '&' divides them. All meta-signs of parameters should be represented by a %-sequence - to do this use URI::Escape: `my $EscapedStr = URI::Escape::uri_escape('a string to be::escaped');` [download] I guess you had a problem with these metasigns: e.g. a blank may be interpreted as the end of your url... Anyway use the printf-equivalent and let the asp script print out the parameters to see if it works..	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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