While we're on this subject, I would be curious to know the rationale for
using obsolete cgi-lib.pl instead of CGI.pm (made standard as of Perl 5).
-- Mike
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, BWSD Hostmaster wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> FOR reg_system.cgi
>
> Here's a quick fix for doing a check on the username for spaces and other
> characters, and only allowing alphanumeric characters up to 12 for
> reg_username. The character limit can be achieved simply by adding the
> maxlength=12 attribute to the text input field for New Username, in
> new_order.html. Add it at the top of the sub verify_order sub-routine.
> Otherwise you'll get errors at the end with no warning. I just went live,
> and forgot about hearing about this problem on the lists earlier, and had
> problems with the registration at the last step - registering the domain.
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