I'd use perl.

How about creating a template for the page and tag it where you want to table to be inserted, then use perl to merge the template w/the contents of the tab-delimited file?

Greg

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> From: 	Ben Luey[SMTP:lueyb at gridley.acns.carleton.edu]
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> Sent: 	Friday, July 13, 2001 9:17 AM
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> Subject: 	[TCLUG] generating static web page (php?)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 	I want to make a relatively simple static web page (my host
> doesn't support cgi or php or anything). But I want it prety easy to
> update and having a somewhat large table burried in the html that I'll
> want to change often makes me think that I don't want to be editing the
> raw html directly all the time. 
> 
> Ideally, I'd like parts of the web page to be generated by reading a text
> file (including the table in maybe a tab deliminated file) and then I
> could use perl or php or something? to make the static web page. I'd then
> just have to make changes to these text files and run a script to update
> the page. Also, maybe a good html editor that worked well with tables but
> kept the code pretty clean would work, but so far I haven't found one.
> 
> Suggestions on the best way to do this. I'm thinking php, but maybe that's
> overkill. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
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