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From: Simon Johnston <skj@ACM.ORG>
Subject: Re: Using Ada with CGI
Date: 1996/02/20
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> Does anyone know how to use ada to get
> input variables from a Netscape Form?
>
> If the Ada program is called from a
> WWW browser will that automatically become the
> standard input?
>
> Any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated,

There is an Ada-95 <=> CGI package available (probably on HBAP, definitely
on PAL and ASSET) which parses the input parameters from the browser. It is
excellent and I use it quite a bit.

> -Mike
>
>

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