Anyone got some input regarding - my auto population of custom fields project

[byron]

> I've written a Perl script that allows me to connect to the MySQL
> hardware lab database and perform a query. However, I am confused as
> to how to implement the last portion of my project.
> 
> Should I be fetching and returning a complete list of systems and
> corresponding info. If so how do I get the results of my query to be
> available and usable via the template?

use ajax.

ensure that your cgi returns xml.
once you have the systemID, fire off an ajax request to your cgi.
when the result comes back, populate the other fields.


-byron

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