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FAQ 7.22 What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq7.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

FAQ 7.27 How can I comment out a large block of perl code?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq7.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

How to check the size of each files that are being uploaded

Hello. I am developing cgi perl script for uploading files with uploading progress bar. Now i have script that do this good. While uploading i must to know total size of the file that is being uploaded. It is not problem becouse there is global variable $ENV{CONTENT_LENGTH} that contains the lenght of the attachment.

Milenko Kindl gulps chilli-spaghetti

Milenko Kindl MASON, Ohio - A man nicknamed "Humble Bob" stuffed himself with 11.5 pounds of a local specialty called chili-spaghetti in only about 10 minutes to claim victory in a holiday eating contest. Bob Shoudt won $2,500 at the inaugural Skyline Chili Spaghetti eat-off Monday at Kings Island amusement park.

Compile vs mod_perl vs perl

Background: I have a program that uses PDF:API2 to generate pdf files based on html text and images. When done it then generates preview images of the pages using Imagemagik. The program does not interaface with the web so there is no communication with a browser. The questions I have are, is there any significant speed increase

FAQ 7.10 How do I adopt or take over a module already on CPAN?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq7.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

Oracle 10g

Hi, Can anyone recommend a good book/PDF on Oracle 10g? I'm coming from an Oracle 8 background. Thanks

Workshop tomorrow on blogging and podcasting using Wordpress and music on Saturday

Tomorrow I present a workshop called, Creating Your First Blog and Podcast using Wordpress.  Takes place at the Arizona Small Business Association. Then Saturday, I play the Wine Bar at Cave Creek Coffee Company - 7pm-9pm. If you make it out...

SQL/XML functions slow down queries?

Does someone could explain why the SQL/XML functions slow down queryies so dramatically? This piece of code takes a few seconds to complete: declare type recType is record ( col1 varchar2(80), col2 date ) ; type arrType is table of recType ; arr arrType ; begin select col1,col2 bulk collect into arr from bigtable order by col1,col2;

"Selling" Perl (i.e. getting the boss to let me install it)

Hello, I'd like to install ActivePerl on a Windows XP machine specifically to run a particular script. The "problem" is that the admins in charge of the PC are very cautious about what is installed and the security implications of everything (as they should be). I thought I recalled seeing a perlfaq specifically regarding this issue,

Trip to Rotterdam, The Netherlands - IBM's Shape Your Future

I am sure that you may have heard about this one already, but, just in case, Summer is over! Yes, indeed, September is here and it looks like everyone is back at work. And as such, I am back again on the road! After a month and a half of no travelling, due, in most cases, to the holidays, I am back at it! And it promises to be quite intensive over the next few weeks!

Threads and sharing global variable

Hi, I am having a global array @gDone, and after spawning a number threads, each would set the corresponding element to TRUE to signify it has done its work so the parent thread could stop waiting. It seems like the update of @gDone is not seen in the parent thread. The print of $gDone[$tid] is always either FALSE or undef, depending

Find changes or differences in 2 text files

Is there a simple perlish way (or module) of comparing 2 text files (or 2 strings containing their contents) and determining what is different between the two? These text files are straight text, not data of any type. Something along the lines of Diff without having to shell out to it (unless Difff is faster).

FAQ 7.2 What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to use them?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq7.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

New Release! PhaseWare Tracker/Self Service Center 3.1

Major New Features include: Forced Knowledge Base Search (optional) E-Mail Knowledge Base Article Links Self Service Center Subscriptions Customer Attachment Storage E-Mail and Incident Journal Enhancements