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Perl/CGI Programming FAQ - FAQ's about Perl/CGI programming, from Perl.com.

Processing Url-Encoded CGI input - Shows how to process information received from an HTML FORM. An algorithm to de-code the URL-Encoded input is discussed an used in a simple example.

Reading CGI Data: URL-encoding and the CGI protocol - An overview of the CGI protocol, from the point of view of the CGI script developer. Discusses GET and POST methods, QUERY_STRING, PATH_INFO, and URL encoding.

Server Side Processing of Form Data - Extract the information that is sent to your CGI program. Discusses GET vs. POST, the %ENV hash. Free source code.

Slow down the download - What to do if your bandwidth is limited and you have something that everybody wants to download. Slow down their downloads to save your bandwidth.

The age of the customized web site - Briefly discusses approaches you can take to customize your web site for each visitor by maintaining database information about their interests. Not Perl-specific.

The CGI specification - The CGI/1.1 Specification from NCSA.

The Common Gateway Interface - Overview - The CGI/1.1 Overview from NCSA. Links to their primer, handling HTML forms, and the CGI Specification.

The idiot's guide to solving Perl CGI problems - From the folks at Perl.com.

The ultimate guide to installing and writing your own CGI scripts - Tutorials on uploading, installing, and handling form input. Free source code.

The World Wide Web Security FAQ - Covers issues pertaining to CGI security.

Using HTTP headers to optimize CGI - With CGI programs, you can override the HTTP header returned by the server. This lets you directly interact with the web browser.

Writing CGI scripts to process Web forms - Focuses on writing CGI scripts to process HTML forms.