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Henry
Folks:
I'm writing perl CGI scripts to do some database front-ends, no problem.
However, there's a couple of housekeeping chores to do occasionally: For
example, looking for database updates and downloading them if required.
Thus, on the entry page for my access system there might be a spot that
usually says "database consistent" but will occasionally --every couple of
months-- say "database updated mm/dd/yy" or something like that.
Behind the scenes is a script --perl, I hope-- that runs when the entry page
is loaded which checks to see if it's been run already that day. If not then
it checks the modification date opf the remote database, and ...you get the
picture.
I see how to do this with SSIs, but I'm looking for alternatives.
Yes, I could tack it on to any of the existing cgi's but they already run a
bit long as it is.
Thanks,
Henry
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I'm writing perl CGI scripts to do some database front-ends, no problem.
However, there's a couple of housekeeping chores to do occasionally: For
example, looking for database updates and downloading them if required.
Thus, on the entry page for my access system there might be a spot that
usually says "database consistent" but will occasionally --every couple of
months-- say "database updated mm/dd/yy" or something like that.
Behind the scenes is a script --perl, I hope-- that runs when the entry page
is loaded which checks to see if it's been run already that day. If not then
it checks the modification date opf the remote database, and ...you get the
picture.
I see how to do this with SSIs, but I'm looking for alternatives.
Yes, I could tack it on to any of the existing cgi's but they already run a
bit long as it is.
Thanks,
Henry
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