NAME

helperOA - extra subroutines used for general purposes by ontology_annotator.cgi and config perl modules.

SYNOPSIS

    my ($var, $value) = &getHtmlVar($query, $field_name);

    my $date = &getPgDate();

DESCRIPTION

Some subroutines are commonly used by ontology_annotator.cgi and config-specific perl modules. This module loads them.

&getHtmlVar takes as values the CGI $query and the name of the html field to query. Returns the html field name and its value.

&getPgDate gets the current timestamp in postgreSQL format.

&pad10Zeros takes a number, pads to 10 digits, and returns it.

&pad8Zeros takes a number, pads to 8 digits, and returns it.

&fromUrlToPostgres takes a value passed from a URL and parses to postgres format.