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CGI?

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hjpotter92
hjpotter92 Original post #1
Sep 29, 2008 at 5:36 PM
What is CGI script and how it can be helpful in the
Code:
<form> tag of HTML's

I have tried most of the stuff, but that doesn't help.
DigitalDude
Sep 30, 2008 at 1:26 PM
forget CGI... it's old, resource hungry and dead..

learn abt PHP


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Oct 1, 2008 at 3:59 PM
What is CGI script and how it can be helpful in the
Code:
<form> tag of HTML's
I have tried most of the stuff, but that doesn't help.
Yes CGI is outdated and also resource hungry you can use jsp or php.

CGI Scripts basically r scripts used to process input given by user thru web interface

It generates output as html

Wht i hv learned is that these scripts can be written in C or Perl too.