Hello
I'm really hoping some kind soul can help me with this problem. Hopefully it's something simple that I am overlooking, but I just can't see the wood for the trees.
I am developing a live auction which is a perl cgi script, obviously timing is everything. During testing I have noticed that if there is no user click between
two,three,four etc auction items finishing, the first item to finish taints the data
of the following items. I am looking for a perl solution to the problem i.e. somehow clicking the script every 30 seconds or less or between auction items finishing to stimulate the autoclose part of the script.
As a work around which does seem to work I have the script running in a browser on my local machine and a windows based autoclicking program clicking a script link every 20 seconds.
Although far from elegant it does appear to solve my problem.
I don't think that a cronjob is the answer and I have even tried a dreaded javascript refresh routine which even though it refreshes the script, doesn't provide the necessary click and would potentially irritate users who were trying to fill forms in.
Of course when I finally launch the auction, many users should provide the necessary clicks but until then can anybody suggest a solution, some code or even a clue on where to look.
Thank you in anticipation
Dazz