[WEB4LIB] Re: CGI script to replace a form?

Fri Aug 6 08:59:40 EDT 1999

I've used both the CGI method - I sent Byron a copy of the script we use -
and the Javascript method.  Some database vendors don't like you leaving
your userid's and passwords floating about and frown on the Javascript
method for that reason.  Check with your vendor before choosing your
route.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Gutmann wrote:

> Byron,
> 
> If I understand the situation correctly, I think you could just create a
> simple html page with the code for the form essentially the same as you
> have it along with some Javascript code to automatically submit the
> form--something like this:
> 
> <html>
> <body>
> <form
> name="yoursearch" 
> action="http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?login"
>  method="post">
>    <input type="hidden" name="name" value="USERID">
>    <input type="hidden" name="pwd" value="PASSWORD">
>    </form>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
> 	document.yoursearch.submit();
> </SCRIPT>
> </body>
> </html>
> 
> 
> Just remember to add a 'name' parameter to the form tag and remove the
> submit button. Hope this helps.
> 
> Ted Gutmann
> Computer Systems Administrator
> Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
> Setauket, New York
> tgutmann at suffolk.lib.ny.us
> http://emma.suffolk.lib.ny.us
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Byron C. Mayes wrote:
> 
> > Greetings from NYC,
> > 
> > We recently obtained an account with NISC for the web version of Child 
> > Abuse and Neglect (CA&N). Going to the URL 
> > <http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?login> takes one to a login 
> > screen (as if you couldn't guess) where one must enter a username and 
> > password to gain access.
> > 
> > NISC sent me a way to bypass the login procedure in the form of the form 
> > HTML code below:
> > 
> >   <form action="http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?login" 
> > method="post">
> >   <input type="submit" value="go there">
> >   <input type="hidden" name="name" value="USERID">
> >   <input type="hidden" name="pwd" value="PASSWORD">
> >   </form>
> > 
> > This, obviously, produces a submit button, which is fine for a web page, 
> > but not for things like bookmarks and delimited lists which is our 
> > preferred method of access to our web-accessible resources.
> > 
> > OCLC FirstSearch pointed us to a script that automatically logs one in to 
> > that system, so our URL for FS points to that script (on our server) and 
> > fits nicely into bookmark files, delimited list HTML code, and e-mail 
> > messages. I'd like to do the same for CA&N.
> > 
> > My question is this: is it possible to create a CGI script that will pass 
> > the above information to the URL in the same way as the form? if anyone has 
> > done something like this and is willing to share the script, I'd be greatly 
> > appreciative.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Byron C. Mayes
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Prof. Byron C. Mayes Systems Librarian/Asst. Professor
> > Hunter College, City Univ. of New York
> > Library E316 * 695 Park Avenue * New York, New York 10021
> > bcmayes at hunter.cuny.edu  * 212-772-4168 * Fax: 212-772-5113
> > Listowner, BLACK-IP, Black Information Professionals' Network
> > 
> 