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accepting post data in web executable

when building a web executable, how do you accept input? i understand it must be sent back to the web executable thru a form (POST), and i know how to cout >> to the browser and all ... but how do you tell the exe that this data here thats being slung at it, is the POST data?

is it the argc argv, command line arguments that will represent the POST data-incoming?

is the question clear or should i put down the b0ng and re-write my ?? ....

thanks-
f_dude

imadjinn

The data into CGI actually gets sent through stdin (for post data), so you could read it from stdin using a file pointer or an istream (cin). You could also wrap a socket around it and get it through recv, which I think is cleaner but actually takes a little more learning. If you use argc and argv directly, you have a problem determining where the end of the post data is (since spaces can be intermixed with the rest of the data; and you wouldn't know how many spaces or if they're tabs or whatever). Use cin.read(). Good luck.

funkydude

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hi

thanks for the great reply ... ill throw an extra 50pts if you can point me to some sample code i can learn from, as a model/example.

thank you again-
f_dude

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funkydude

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its a great thing when someone helps you learn a new 'thing... greatly appreciated!

f_dude