Re: Setting Up a mobile operation

Hello Tom.
  First off, the length and details of the post makes it less on-topic than
need-be.  From all the details you provide, this posting becomes less and
less of a -Languages (HTML, Perl, JavaScript, etc...) issue, and more of a
system-wide question (NOT belonging on -Languages).  Please DO make yourself
aware of this!  I, among other respondants, are discouraged to help when
postings are more business or other areas related than scripting and coding
languages.
  Only one paragraph has any relevency to this List... the CGI Script &
Password protection paragraph.... next time, please cut out all the
unnecessary.

  To offer an answer, it would help to know Server OS, Server Program,
Scripting Languages used throughout the site, and any particular server
packages installed?

Nasser Dassi
  Developer for Beliefnet

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Keatley <tom(at)piedpiper.com.au>
To: HWG-Languages <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 4:41 AM
Subject: Setting Up a mobile operation


> Hi all....
>
> I have a client that has 5 Video Rental stores that wishes to set up a
> mobile delivery service for his customers via the web ...
>
> As I see it ....something like this would happen...
>
> Customer goes to web page and decides on the movie/movies to be ordered
> (which will come from a static list updated weekly) via a form.
>
> they submit the order which causes a cgi script to produce a html page
which
> is not accessable without a password that contains that and other orders
> that have been submitted.
>
> All five stores are continuously on-line wiith that page selected which
> refreshes itself every one or two minutes
>
> the delivery driver/drivers will go to the store nearest to their last
drop
> to see what new orders have been placed and which store/s the movie/s are
> present in and has the ability to action the order (ie flag the order to
say
> it has been done)
>
> I was wondering if anyone has any experience with a similar system
anywhere
> or if any "Gurus" out there would be prepared to help me design such a
> system (obviously for money....or a big kiss <smile>) . I realise that the
> ideal for this guy would be to have the five stores linked via his normal
> computer rental system so that all things are updated simultaneously
> including the web page but I dont think that the THOUSANDS that would cost
> could be justified and this partially manual system could be achieved
pretty
> cost effectively.
>
> Over to my "bettors"....
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Tom Keatley
>

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