CGI Input

[git]

Hi,

I'm having an issue with a CGI program I'm trying to write. I have a lot of experience in Visual Basic so I'll try to explain what I want to do in those terms...

Let's say I have a txt file filled with a bunch of records. Each record takes up 4 lines. The first three records are strings, the final one is an integer (This doesn't matter in CGI though, does it, correct...?).

Is it possible to load these records into a multidimensional array in CGI? i.e. in Records[A,B], A would be the record's ID and B would be one of the 4 inputted lines.

Can anyone shed any light on if this is possible, and if it's not, what the alternatives are?

How would I input/seperate these records? Can anyone supply any code, please?

BTW, also, is it possible to have 'forms within forms'? What I mean is, say if I have the following...

---

-Record here-
Record's textarea here
Record's Delete Button | Record's Options Button

-Record here-
Record's textarea here
Record's Delete Button | Record's Options Button

-Record here-
Record's textarea here
Record's Delete Button | Record's Options Button

ALL Record's Save Changes Button

---

Meaning, you have the save changes button which saves all the textareas, but you also have individual delete/options buttons for EACH record... So it'd look something like:

<form>
    <form>
        'Input, Buttons, etc.
    </form>
    <form>
        'Input, Buttons, etc.
    </form>
    <form>
        'Input, Buttons, etc.
    </form>
    'Input, Buttons, etc.
</form>

Would that work, with each input field/button being restricted to it's 'parent' field...?

Thanks,

-Git