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....Does the javascript code get embedded in the perl script? I've seen some examples of this. Does the perl script load the javascript? Do the function definitions go into a separate file? How does the cgi script even know that JQuery-ui even exists?

Um, holy batguano batman!

Drop whatever you are doing now and read about the internet on wikipedia.

Read about the World Wide Web and web pages.

Or watch a video like World Wide Web in Plain English

Eventually go to Tutorials: Web Programming: CGI Programming

CGI Programming 101

Ovid's CGI Course

In reply to Re^3: cgi scripts running javascript and passing control back and forth by Anonymous Monk
in thread How to allow a user to reorder rows from a database using a web form? by yaconsult

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