Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at register.pl line 38, <STDIN> line 10.

G

G Kannan

Hey all!

I have written a perl script to retrieve information from a HTML Form
and insert the data into an Oracle database table. I am gettting the
the following error message:

"Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at register.pl line
38, <STDIN> line 10."

The PERL code is as follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$| = 1;
use strict;
use DBI;
use CGI qw:)standard);

my $name1 = "";
my $name2 = "";
my $strt1 = "";
my $strt2 = "";
my $cityname = "";
my $statename = "";
my $zipcode = "";
my $emailadd = "";
my $useridname = "";
my $passwd = "";
my $query = "";
my $queh = "";
my $queout = "";
my $rec = "";
my $table ="";
my $query1 = "";
my $ques = "";

$name1 = param("FirstName");
$name2 = param("LastName");
$strt1 = param("StreetAddress1");
$strt2 = param("StreetAddress2");
$cityname = param("City");
$statename = param("State");
$zipcode = param("Zip");
$emailadd = param("Email");
$useridname = param("UserId");
$passwd = param("Password");

my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:Oracle:host=172.17.28.199;sid=ORA1','f03-cs631r-s02','architecture')
or die "Connection to DB could not be made:", $ques->errstr, "\n";
$query = qq[select * from customer_info where userid = $useridname];
$queh = $dbh->prepare($query)
or die "Select statement could not be prepared:", $queh->errstr,
"\n";
$queout = $queh->execute()
or die "Select statement could not be executed: ", $queout->errstr,
"\n";
print header();
if ($queout){
print "<html><head><title>User Id already taken</title></head>";
print "<script language=\"javascript\">";
print "function validateform(form)";
print "{";
print "if (form.product.value == \"Select\")";
print "{";
print "alert(\"Select a country to search...\")";
print "return false";
print "}";
print "return true";
print "}";
print "</script>";
print "<body>";
print "<body background = \"ProjectImages/bg2.jpg\" leftmargin =
\"95\">";
print "<img src= \"ProjectImages/tele2.jpg\" hspace = \"115\" align
= \"left\">";
print "<Form name = \"search\" method = \"post\" action =
\"ProjectHtmls/prodsearch.html\" onSubmit = \"return
validateform(this)\">";
print "<select name = \"product\" size = \"1\">";
print "<option value = \"Select\" selected =
\"selected\">Select</option>";
print "<option value = \"Australia\" >Australia</option>";
print "<option value = \"Canada\" >Canada</option>";
print "<option value = \"China\" >China</option>";
print "<option value = \"Denmark\" >Denmark</option>";
print "<option value = \"England\" >England</option>";
print "<option value = \"Finland\" >Finland</option>";
print "<option value = \"Holland\" >Holland</option>";
print "<option value = \"India\" >India</option>";
print "<option value = \"Israel\" >Israel</option>";
print "<option value = \"New Zealand\" >New Zealand</option>";
print "<option value = \"Nigeria\" >Nigeria</option>";
print "<option value = \"Poland\" >Poland</option>";
print "<option value = \"Russia\" >Russia</option>";
print "<option value = \"South Africa\" >South Africa</option>";
print "<option value = \"Singapore\" >Singapore</option>";
print "</select><br>";
print "<input type = \"submit\" name = \"Submit\" value = \"Card
Search\">";
print "</form>";
print "<br>";
print "<a href = \"index.html\"><img src =
\"ProjectImages/home.gif\" hspace=\"1\"></a><a
href=\"ProjectHtmls/aboutus.html\"><img
src=\"ProjectImages/aboutus.gif\" hspace=\"1\"></a><a
href=\"ProjectHtmls/products.html\"><img
src=\"ProjectImages/products.gif\" hspace=\"1\"></a><a
href=\"ProjectHtmls/register.html\"><img
src=\"ProjectImages/register.gif\" hspace = \"1\"></a><a
href=\"ProjectHtmls/cart.html\"><img src=\"ProjectImages/cart.gif\"
hspace=\"1\"></a><a href=\"mailto:Kannan.Govindarajan\@pace.edu\"><img
src=\"ProjectImages/contactus.gif\" hspace=\"1\"></a><a
href=\"ProjectHtmls/login.html\"><img src=\"ProjectImages/login.gif\"
hspace=\"1\"></a><br>";
print "<hr size = \"3\" color = \"#000080\" align = \"left\" width
= \"811\" NOSHADE>";
print "<font size = \"4\" color = \"navy\">";
print "The user name you have selected is already taken by another
customer. <br>";
print "Please select another user name.<br>";
print "</font>";
print "<font size = \"3\" color = \"navy\">";
print "<a href = \"ProjectHtmls/register.html\">Back to
Registration Page</a>";
print "</font>";
print "</body>";
print "</html>";
}
else {
$table = "customer_info";
$query1 = "INSERT INTO " . $table .
"VALUES('.$name1.','.$name2.','.$strt1.','.$strt2.','.$cityname.','.$statename.','.$zipcode.','.$emailadd.','.$useridname.','.$passwd.')";
$dbh->do($query1);
}
$queh->finish();
$dbh->disconnect();

The HTML code is as follows:

<html>
<head>
<title>
Registration page of TeleCards.com
</title>
</head>
<script langugage = "javascript">
//-----------------------------------------function
validateform(form)------------------------------------------------
function validateform(form)
{
if (form.product.value == "Select")
{
alert("Select a country to search...")
return false
}
return true
}

//-----------------------------------------function
isNumber(str)-----------------------------------------------------
function isNumber(str)
{
for(var i=0; i<str.length; i++)
{
var digit = str.substring(i, i+1)
if(digit < "0" || digit > "9")
{
return false
}
}
return true
}

//-----------------------------------------function
registerValidate()------------------------------------------------
function registerValidate()
{
for(i=0; i<register.elements.length; i++)
{
if((register.elements.value == "") ||
(register.elements.value == null))
{
if(i==3)
continue
alert("Please fill the field " + register.elements.name +
".")
return false
}
}

var notAllowed = "0123456789~!@#$%^&*()-_=+[]{}\|;:,<>./? "
var first = register.FirstName.value
var last = register.LastName.value
for(i=0; i<notAllowed.length; i++)
{
var badChar = notAllowed.charAt(i)
if(first.indexOf(badChar) != -1)
{
alert("The Character " + badChar + " is not allowed in First
Name")
return false
}
}
for(i=0; i<notAllowed.length; i++)
{
var badChar = notAllowed.charAt(i)
if(last.indexOf(badChar) != -1)
{
alert("The Character " + badChar + " is not allowed in Last
Name")
return false
}
}

var notAllowed = "~!@$%^&*()=+[]{}\|;:,<>./?"
var street = register.StreetAddress1.value
for(i=0; i<notAllowed.length; i++)
{
var badChar = notAllowed.charAt(i)
if(street.indexOf(badChar) != -1)
{
alert("The Character " + badChar + " is not allowed in Street
Address1.")
return false
}
}

var notAllowed = "0123456789~!@#$%^&*()-_=+[]{}\|;:,<>./?"
var city = register.City.value
for(i=0; i<notAllowed.length; i++)
{
var badChar = notAllowed.charAt(i)
if(city.indexOf(badChar) != -1)
{
alert("The Character " + badChar + " is not allowed in City.")
return false
}
}

if(register.State.value == "Select")
{
alert("Please select a State.")
return false
}

if(register.Zip.value.length != 5)
{
alert("The Zip code should be exactly 5 digits in length.")
return false
}

zip1 = register.Zip.value
if(!(isNumber(zip1)))
{
alert("The Zip code should be only numbers")
return false
}

var email = register.Email.value
var fPosOfAt = email.indexOf("@")
var lPosOfAt = email.lastIndexOf("@")
var fPosOfDot = email.indexOf(".")
var lPosOfDot = email.lastIndexOf(".")
if(fPosOfAt == "-1" || fPosOfAt == null || fPosOfDot == "-1" ||
fPosOfDot == null || fPosOfAt != lPosOfAt || fPosOfDot != lPosOfDot ||
fPosOfAt == 0 || fPosOfAt == email.length-1 || fPosOfDot == 0 ||
fPosOfDot == email.length-1 || fPosOfAt > fPosOfDot || fPosOfDot ==
fPosOfAt+1)
{
alert("Enter a valid E Mail address")
return false
}

if((register.UserId.value.length < 8) ||
(register.Password.value.length < 8))
{
alert("Both UserId and Password should be of minimum 8 characters
each.")
return false
}

var notAllowed = "~!@#$%^&*()-=+[]{}\|;:,<>./? "
var uid = register.UserId.value
var pword = register.Password.value
var pword1 = register.rpasswd.value
for(i = 0; i<notAllowed.length; i++)
{
badChar = notAllowed.charAt(i)
if (uid.indexOf(badChar) != -1)
{
alert("The character " + badChar + " is not allowed in User Id")
return false
}
}
for(i = 0; i<notAllowed.length; i++)
{
badChar = notAllowed.charAt(i)
if (pword.indexOf(badChar) != - 1)
{
alert("The character " + badChar + " is not allowed in
Password")
return false
}
}
if(pword != pword1)
{
alert("Both the passwords should exactly match")
return false
}
return true
}
</script>
<body background = "http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/bg2.jpg"
leftmargin = "95">
<img src= "http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/tele2.jpg"
hspace = "115" align = "left">
<Form name = "search" method = "post" action =
"http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectHtmls/prodsearch.html"
onSubmit = "return validateform(this)">
<select name = "product" size = "1">
<option value = "Select" selected = "selected">Select</option>
<option value = "Australia" >Australia</option>
<option value = "Canada" >Canada</option>
<option value = "China" >China</option>
<option value = "Denmark" >Denmark</option>
<option value = "England" >England</option>
<option value = "Finland" >Finland</option>
<option value = "Holland" >Holland</option>
<option value = "India" >India</option>
<option value = "Israel" >Israel</option>
<option value = "New Zealand" >New Zealand</option>
<option value = "Nigeria" >Nigeria</option>
<option value = "Poland" >Poland</option>
<option value = "Russia" >Russia</option>
<option value = "South Africa" >South Africa</option>
<option value = "Singapore" >Singapore</option>
</select><br>
<input type = "submit" name = "Submit" value = "Card Search">
</form>
<br>
<a href = "http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/index.html"><img
src = "http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/home.gif"
hspace="1"></a><a href="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectHtmls/aboutus.html"><img
src="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/aboutus.gif"
hspace="1"></a><a href="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectHtmls/products.html"><img
src="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/products.gif"
hspace="1"></a><a href="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectHtmls/register.html"><img
src="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/register.gif"
hspace = "1"></a><a href="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectHtmls/cart.html"><img
src="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/cart.gif"
hspace="1"></a><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><img
src="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/contactus.gif"
hspace="1"></a><a href="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectHtmls/login.html"><img
src="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/login.gif"
hspace="1"></a><br>
<hr size = "3" color = "#000080" align = "left" width = "811" NOSHADE>
<img src="http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/ProjectImages/register.gif"
hspace = "350">
<form name = "register" method = "POST" onSubmit = "return
registerValidate()" action =
"http://matrix.csis.pace.edu/~f03-cs631r-s02/cgi-bin/ProjectCGI/register.pl">
<pre>
<font size = "4" color = "navy"><b>
First Name <input type = "text" Size ="30" name =
"FirstName">
Last Name <input type = "text" Size ="30" name =
"LastName">
Street Address1 <input type = "text" Size ="30"
name = "StreetAddress1">
Street Address2 <input type = "text" Size ="30"
name = "StreetAddress2">
City <input type = "text" Size ="30" name =
"City">
State <select name = "State" Size ="1">
<option selected =
"selected" value = "Select">Select</option>
<option
value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option
value="AK">Alaska</option>
<option
value="AZ">Arizona</option>
<option
value="AR">Arkansas</option>
<option
value="CA">California</option>
<option
value="CO">Colorado</option>
<option
value="CT">Connecticut</option>
<option
value="DE">Delaware</option>
<option
value="FL">Florida</option>
<option
value="GA">Georgia</option>
<option
value="HI">Hawaii</option>
<option
value="ID">Idaho</option>
<option
value="IL">Illinois</option>
<option
value="IN">Indiana</option>
<option
value="IA">Iowa</option>
<option
value="KS">Kansas</option>
<option
value="KY">Kentucky</option>
<option
value="LA">Louisiana</option>
<option
value="ME">Maine</option>
<option
value="MD">Maryland</option>
<option
value="MA">Massachusetts</option>
<option
value="MI">Michigan</option>
<option
value="MN">Minnesota</option>
<option
value="MS">Mississippi</option>
<option
value="MO">Missouri</option>
<option
value="MT">Montana</option>
<option
value="NE">Nebraska</option>
<option
value="NV">Nevada</option>
<option value="NH">New
Hampshire</option>
<option value="NJ">New
Jersey</option>
<option value="NM">New
Mexico</option>
<option value="NY">New
York</option>
<option value="NC">North
Carolina</option>
<option value="ND">North
Dakota</option>
<option value="OH">Ohio</option>
<option
value="OK">Oklahoma</option>
<option
value="OR">Oregon</option>
<option
value="PA">Pennsylvania</option>
<option value="RI">Rhode
Island</option>
<option value="SC">South
Carolina</option>
<option value="SD">South
Dakota</option>
<option
value="TN">Tennessee</option>
<option
value="TX">Texas</option>
<option
value="UT">Utah</option>
<option
value="VT">Vermont</option>
<option
value="VA">Virginia</option>
<option
value="WA">Washington</option>
<option value="WV">West
Virginia</option>
<option
value="WI">Wisconsin</option>
<option
value="WY">Wyoming</option>
</select>
zip <input type = "text" Size ="5" name = "Zip">
E-Mail <input type = "text" Size ="30" name =
"Email">
<br>
Please select your user id and password
User Id <input type = "text" Size ="30" name =
"UserId">
Password <input type = "password" Size ="30" name
= "Password">
Re-enter Password <input type = "password" Size
="30" name = "rpasswd"><br>
<input type = "reset" name = "reset" value = "Reset">
<input type = "Submit" name = "submit" value = "Submit">
</b> </font>
</pre>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Please advise as to how to rectify this error.

Kannan.
 
E

Eric J. Roode

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(e-mail address removed) (G Kannan) wrote in
Hey all!

I have written a perl script to retrieve information from a HTML Form
and insert the data into an Oracle database table. I am gettting the
the following error message:

"Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at register.pl line
38, <STDIN> line 10."

The PERL code is as follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$| = 1;
use strict;
use DBI;
use CGI qw:)standard);

my $name1 = "";
my $name2 = "";
my $strt1 = "";
my $strt2 = "";
my $cityname = "";
my $statename = "";
my $zipcode = "";
my $emailadd = "";
my $useridname = "";
my $passwd = "";
my $query = "";
my $queh = "";
my $queout = "";
my $rec = "";
my $table ="";
my $query1 = "";
my $ques = "";

$name1 = param("FirstName");
$name2 = param("LastName");
$strt1 = param("StreetAddress1");
$strt2 = param("StreetAddress2");
$cityname = param("City");
$statename = param("State");
$zipcode = param("Zip");
$emailadd = param("Email");
$useridname = param("UserId");
$passwd = param("Password");

my $dbh =
DBI->connect('DBI:Oracle:host=172.17.28.199;sid=ORA1','f03-cs631r-s02',
'architecture') or die "Connection to DB could not be made:",
$ques->errstr, "\n"; $query = qq[select * from customer_info where
userid = $useridname]; $queh = $dbh->prepare($query)
or die "Select statement could not be prepared:", $queh->errstr,
"\n";
$queout = $queh->execute()
or die "Select statement could not be executed: ", $queout->errstr,
"\n";
print header();
if ($queout){
Click to expand...

[snip 450 lines of irrelevant code]

Did you really have to post your whole damn program? Couldn't you just
have posted the code up to line 38 and be done with it? Also, would it
have killed you to point out which line is line 38, instead of making
everyone who might want to help you count the lines by hand?
Please advise as to how to rectify this error.
Click to expand...

Here's your warning message (note that it is not an error message):
"Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at register.pl line
38, <STDIN> line 10."
Click to expand...

Here's line 38, if I've counted correctly:
$query = qq[select * from customer_info where userid = $useridname];
Click to expand...

Variable interpolation ($useridname within the qq[] string) is a special
case of concatenation. Clearly, $useridname is undefined.

Here is the only place I can see where $useridname is assigned:
$useridname = param("UserId");
Click to expand...

Clearly, param() is returning undef. If you bother to read the CGI
documentation, you'll see that this happens when there is no "UserID"
parameter in the CGI request.


These are simple, obvious steps in diagnosing the problem. None of these
steps is difficult -- even for a rank beginner. If you lack the
initiative to look up error messages in the documentation that came with
your Perl distribution, or to read the CGI documentation, there's not
much I or anyone else can do to help.

It really looks like you just dumped your entire program onto a newsgroup
and cried "help!" at the first sign of any problems. Don't expect
further help unless you can show that you are actually trying to solve
the problem yourself or are trying to learn.

- --
Eric
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