[TAG] Pointers to Perl CGI Resources

[Ramanathan Muthaiah]

> Getting this part correct is _paramount_.  I have no idea what the
> scale of your project is, but even a little knowledge of normalisation
> would go a long way into helping you.  This is the main area your time
> should be focused on, since if you can't define your database schema
> with any reliability the whole thing will fall apart at the seams.

Thanks for your suggestions. This should probably help me to address
this topic with much care while designing the db; of course, the
project is aimed at a group of ~40 developers but if the tool turns
out be valuable (in terms of increasing productivity), then may be
others ask for it.

Do you think, mysql documentation would be a good place to start ?

> That's not how it works.  Ideally your CGI pages should just be perl
> scripts which run via mod_perl.  There's always things like the CGI
> module and CARP to help you.
>
> I realise this is a non-useful reply, but if you can be more specific
> about your requirements, then maybe we can tailor our answers to you.

Am not at my workplace now to provide sample of code which takes care
of the initial screen but I think this would not be starting point for
me.

Yes, am planning to use CGI module.

Incidentally, I stumbled upon this mod_perl thing but unable to
understand the adv of mod_perl over CGI.

Second, am still in a dilemma which OS env to use ? Linux or Win.

I prefer Linux as, almost all these are already available in my home
system running Fedora core 5.

/Ram