03-03-2012, 11:50 AM
Online Voting System
Introduction
Traditional voting system inefficient.
Takes time and human resources.
Does not give an instant Poll result.
Hard to track who voted and who didn’t
Online Voting System
Instant Poll result
Easy to keep track of voters
Use of Internet
Project Objective
Develop an web based voting system to be used in ECE department or other departments.
Must be Database driven in order to keep track of voters.
Administrator and user level access.
Firmly understand web technology such as CGI, SQL and Perl.
Original Design
Use an existing personal web account.
Unix compatible server.
CGI bin available w/ Perl.
mySQL database available w/ Perl DBI module.
Move to NT server when finished.
Perl available.
Microsoft SQL available with virtually no difference in syntax.
System Structure
Web server: UNIX or NT system with PERL interpreter w/ database interface.
Database: mySQL or SQL compatible.
Client: Internet ready with a browser.
Language: PERL, SQL, HTML, Javascript.
Technology Description(1)
PERL: A popular parsing script language used to write CGI applications.
mySQL or SQL: Structured Query Language, a relational database system.
HTML, DHTML and Javascript: Central language in creating an interactive web page.
Technology Description(2)
CGI: Common Gate Interface, an interface to a software in a server.
DBI: Database Interface, need database driver to work. Dependent upon Database system.
Problems and Challenges
Difficulty debugging Perl scripts.
Started with limited knowledge in Perl and SQL, leading to making numerous changes because of limitations on Perl and SQL.
The differences between NT and Unix servers with Perl and SQL.
