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Exchange rate in CGI

Any help appreciated on this one.....

I currently have a UK based web site which accepts on-line payments in US dollars (via 3rd Party). The value of the payment is displayed on the page in UK pounds and I put the US dollar equivelant embedded in a CGI script which links to 'Paypal' (3rd Party payment).

The problem is going to be with currency variations the amount displayed in UK pounds will not be the same as the amount in the embedded link. I need some way to update this value which is passed across to 'Paypal' and to make things worse I have no knowledge of scripting so any replies please keep it simple....

Thanks

Paul

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piddle61

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I'm quickly trying to get my head around Perl & GCI scripts, your advice seems sound I will try it out with the help of some for our IT people and all being OK I think you'll get my points.... Thanks

piddle61

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Sorry not to get back to this question... Have been away.. I am using a shell account on a unix box to learn perl and then basically put it on a web server supporting CGI scripts displaying info on HTML page. I have put the above into a perl file and ran it on the server but it returned errors... I currently have the know-how of using variables and displaying variable on a web page... If you could just give me a little more help on the above script I would be a happy bunny.... Thanks

ahoffmann

> .. If you could just give me a little more help ..
If you post the errors/problems here.

Usualy you will not have the required modules installed.
Let me know.

jhurst

I think that in view of your own assessment of your own abilities you need more help here than we are likely to be able to give you in this exchange.

piddle61

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Possibly right, althugh I have nearly managed to get the modules installed and have made a working script that will save a manually entered exchange rate, then call it up for use in further HTML..... I'm gonna award the point for sending me in the right direction.... Thanks

piddle61

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This has sent me in the right direction after finding the modules it should work.... Thanks