CREATE TABLE widgets (
  widget_id int NOT NULL auto_increment primary key,
  widget_name varchar(64) NOT NULL,
  weight int,
  price double
  ) 

INSERT INTO widgets VALUES (1,'Gyro spanner',15,102);
INSERT INTO widgets VALUES (2,'Packet of things',22,14);
INSERT INTO widgets VALUES (3,'Roll of paper',42,95);

-- load the MySQL dll
assert (loadlib ("/usr/local/lib/libmysql.2.0.1.so", "luaopen_luasqlmysql")) ()

-- HTTP and HTML headers
show_html_header ("Database example")
  
-- Page header
print "<h1>Listing of Widgets</h1>"
  
-- create environment object
env = assert (luasql.mysql())

-- connect to data source
con = assert (env:connect ("databasename", "username", "password", "localhost"))

-- retrieve a cursor
cur = assert (con:execute ("SELECT * from widgets LIMIT 100" ))

-- table header row
print [[
<table border=1 cellpadding=3>
<tr>
<th>ID</th><th>Name</th>
</tr>
]]


-- print all rows, the rows will be indexed by field names
row = cur:fetch ({}, "a")

while row do
  
  -- start new row
  print "<tr>"

  print (string.format (
          '<td><a href="test12.lua?id=%i">%i</a></td>', 
          row.widget_id, 
          row.widget_id))
   
  -- Widget name
  print (string.format (
         '<td>%s</td>', 
         fixhtml (row.widget_name)))

  -- end of row
  print "</tr>"
         
  -- reusing the table of results
  row = cur:fetch (row, "a")
  
end

-- end of table
print "</table>"

-- close everything
cur:close()
con:close()
env:close()  
  
-- wrap up page 
show_html_footer ()

Listing of Widgets

ID	Name
1 	Gyro spanner
2 	Packet of things
3 	Roll of paper

function show_widget (which)
  
  -- exit if nothing
  if not which then
    return
  end -- no widget ID supplied

  -- check a number
  local id = tonumber (which)
  
  if not id then
    show_error (string.format ("Widget ID '%s' is not numeric", tostring (which)))
    return
  end -- not numeric
  
  -- load the MySQL dll
  assert (loadlib ("/usr/local/lib/libmysql.2.0.1.so", "luaopen_luasqlmysql")) ()
  
  -- create environment object
  local env = assert (luasql.mysql())
  
  -- connect to data source
  local con = assert (env:connect ("databasename", "username", "password", "localhost"))
  
  -- retrieve a cursor
  local cur = assert (con:execute ("SELECT * from widgets WHERE widget_id = " .. id))
  
  -- fetch the row
  local row = cur:fetch ({}, "a")
  
  if row then
    show_table (row)
  else
    show_error (string.format ("Widget %i not on file", id))
  end -- if
  
  -- close everything
  cur:close()
  con:close()
  env:close()  

end -- show_widget

-- HTTP and HTML headers
show_html_header ("Form example")
  
-- Page header
print "<h1>Display one widget</h1>"

-- show requested record  
show_widget (post_data.id or get_data.id)
 
-- let them enter a new ID
print [[
<form METHOD="post" ACTION="test12.lua">
<p>Enter Widget ID: <input type=text Name="id" size=6 maxlength=6>
<input Type=submit Name=Submit Value="Show">
</p>
</form>
]]

-- wrap up page 
show_html_footer ()

Display one widget

widget_id	1
price	102
widget_name	Gyro spanner
weight	15

Enter Widget ID: ______ [Show]

-- Example of using cookies

-- if they changed it use the new value, otherwise take the cookie value
foo = post_data.foo or cookie_data.foo

-- HTTP header
show_http_header { foo = foo }

-- HTML header
show_html_header ("Cookie example")
  
-- Page header
print "<h1>Testing setting a cookie</h1>"
 
-- let them enter a new cookie value
print [[
<form METHOD="post" ACTION="test13.lua">
<p>Enter cookie value: <input type=text Name="foo" size=20 maxlength=20
]]
if foo then
  print ('value="' .. foo .. '"')
end -- if cookie already set
print [[
> 
<input Type=submit Name=Submit Value="Show">
</p>
</form>
]]

function tag (name, contents)

  print ("<" .. name .. ">" .. 
         fixhtml (contents) .. "</" .. name .. ">")

end -- function tag

function tag (name, ...)

local i = 1  -- 2nd argument may be parameters, or simply the thing to be displayed

  io.write ("<" .. name)

  -- handle parameters (like align="left")
  if type (arg [i]) == "table" then
    for k, v in pairs (arg [i]) do
      -- boolean attributes (eg. selected=true) have to be shown simply as "selected" 
      -- or omitted if false
      if type (v) == "boolean" then
        if v then
          io.write (' ' .. k)
        end -- value is true
      else      
        io.write (' ' .. k .. '="' .. fixhtml (v) .. '"')
      end -- if boolean or not
    end -- for each parameter 
    i = i + 1
  end -- tag parameters supplied
  
  -- if no contents assume closed tag
  if not arg [i] then
    print ("/>")
    return
  end -- no argument - must be tag with no contents (eg. <br/>)

  -- finished the opening tag
  io.write (">")
  
  -- now the contents of the tag
  -- if a function, call it, passing it any further arguments
  
  if type (arg [i]) == "function" then
    local f = arg [i]
    local j
    -- remove elements up to the function arguments
    for j = 1, i do
      table.remove (arg, 1)
    end -- removing argument
    print ()  -- may as well have a newline for neatness
    f (unpack (arg))
  else
    io.write (fixhtml (arg [i]))
  end -- if
  
  -- close the tag (and do the newline)
  print ("</" .. name .. ">")

end -- function tag

function showrow (k, v) 
  tag ("th", k)
  tag ("td", v)
end -- showrow

function showtable (t)
  for k, v in ipairs (t) do
    tag ("tr", {align="left"}, showrow, k, v)  
  end -- for
end -- showtable

tag ("table",  {border = 1, cellpadding = 5}, 
     showtable, 
     { "every", "good", "boy", "deserves", "fruit" }
    ) 

<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<tr align="left">
<th>1</th>

<td>every</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<th>2</th>
<td>good</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<th>3</th>
<td>boy</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<th>4</th>

<td>deserves</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<th>5</th>
<td>fruit</td>
</tr>
</table>

-- limits
runaway_instruction_limit = 100000  -- how many instructions
linelimit = 500                     -- how many lines can be printed
outputlimit = 10000                 -- how many bytes can be printed

-- this is called if 'runaway_instruction_limit' instructions are done
function hook ()
  error ("Runaway instruction limit reached")
end -- hook

-- heading for errors
function heading (s)
  print '<p><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bolder;">'
  print (fixhtml (s))
  print '</span></p>'
end -- heading

linecount = 0    -- how many lines they have printed so far
outputcount = 0  -- how many bytes they have printed so far

-- local print function for use inside executed code, uses fixhtml on the string
-- does a newline at the end, adds a space between arguments
function myprint (...)
  local i
  
  -- check for runaway outputting
  linecount = linecount + 1  
  assert (linecount <= linelimit, "too many lines printed")
  
  -- I am not using ipairs because that stops on a nil argument
  for i = 1, arg.n do
    local s = fixhtml (tostring (arg [i]))
    outputcount = outputcount + string.len (s) + 1
    assert (outputcount <= outputlimit, "too many bytes printed")
    io.write (s .. " ")
  end -- for
  print ""  -- final end of line
  
end -- myprint

-- local io.write function for use inside executed code, uses fixhtml on the string
-- doesn't do a newline, doesn't add a space between arguments
function mywrite (...)
  local i

  -- I am not using ipairs because that stops on a nil argument
  for i = 1, arg.n do
    local s = fixhtml (tostring (arg [i]))
    outputcount = outputcount + string.len (s)
    assert (outputcount <= outputlimit, "too many bytes printed")
    io.write (s)
  end -- for
end -- mywrite

-- makes a sandbox to make execution safer
function MakeSandbox ()
  local box = {}
  local _, name

  -- add in global functions we consider safe
  for _, name in ipairs 
  {
   -- functions 
   "_TRACEBACK", "__pow", -- helper functions
   "assert", "error", -- error management
   "collectgarbage", "gcinfo", -- garbage collection
   "getmetatable", "setmetatable", -- metatables
   "ipairs", "pairs", "next", -- looping through tables
   "loadstring", "pcall", "xpcall", -- calling functions
   "rawequal", "rawget", "rawset", -- raw table management 
   "tonumber", "tostring", "type", -- type management
   "unpack", -- argument management
   
   -- version string
   "_VERSION",
   }
   do
    box [name] = _G [name]
   end -- for each global function
    
   box._G = box  -- _G points to itself
   box.print = myprint -- special print function escapes HTML codes
   box.io = {}
   box.io.write = mywrite -- my special write function
   
  -- now other libraries
  -- we will omit io - don't want file io
  -- also omit debug, that could be dangerous to play with
  for _, name in ipairs 
  { "coroutine", "math", "os", "string", "table", }
   do
     box [name] = {}  -- make library sub-table
     
     -- copy functions into the table
     local k, v
     for k, v in pairs (_G [name]) do
       box [name] [k] = v
     end -- for each entry in the library table 
   end -- for each library
  
  -- omit a couple of the os functions we don't want them to play with
  box.os.execute = nil  -- no executing arbitrary code
  box.os.exit = nil     -- don't terminate us
  box.os.remove = nil   -- don't remove files
  box.os.rename = nil   -- don't rename files
  box.os.getenv = nil   -- don't leak information about our environment
    
  return box

end -- MakeSandbox

-- executes the code they entered, in a "sandbox" environment
function Execute (code)

  local ok
  
  -- this is called for a runtime error
  local function error_handler (err)
    heading ("Runtime error")
    print (fixhtml (err))
    local s = debug.traceback ()
    -- strip traceback from the xpcall upwards
    s = string.gsub (s, "%[C%]%: in function `xpcall'.*", "")
    print (fixhtml (s))
  end -- function error_handler
  
  -- try compiling the code
  local f, err = loadstring (code, "Code")
  
  -- error on compile
  if not f then
    heading ("Syntax error")
    print ("<pre><code>" .. fixhtml (err) .. "</code></pre>")
    return  -- cannot execute it
  end -- syntax error

  -- sandbox them so they don't start deleting files
  setfenv (f, MakeSandbox ())
  
  -- put limit on runaway loops
  debug.sethook (hook, "", runaway_instruction_limit)
  
  -- try running the code
  heading ("Output")
  print ("<pre><code>")
  ok = xpcall (f, error_handler)
  print ("</code></pre>")

  return ok
end -- function Execute

-->>>> CODE STARTS HERE <<<<--

-- HTTP and HTML headers
show_html_header ("Execute Lua code")
  
print [[
<form METHOD="post" ACTION="execute.lua">
<p>Enter Lua code to be executed:</p> 
<p>
<textarea name="code" wrap="virtual" rows="20" cols="80" >]]
io.write (fixhtml (post_data.code or ""))  -- what they had last time
print [[
</textarea>
</p>
<input Type=submit Name=Submit Value="Execute">
</form>
]]

-- now execute it

if post_data.code then
  if Execute (string.gsub (post_data.code, "\r", "")) then
    heading "Completed OK"
  end -- if finished ok
end -- if

show_html_footer ()

function tprint (t, indent, done)
  -- show strings differently to distinguish them from numbers
  local function show (val)
    if type (val) == "string" then
      return '"' .. val .. '"'
    else
      return tostring (val)
    end -- if
  end -- show
  -- entry point here
  done = done or {}
  indent = indent or 0
  for key, value in pairs (t) do
    io.write (string.rep (" ", indent)) -- indent it
    if type (value) == "table" and not done [value] then
      done [value] = true
      print(show (key), ":");
      tprint (value, indent + 2, done)
    else
      io.write (show (key), "=")
      print (show (value))
    end
  end
end


tprint (_G)

Output


"string" : 
  "sub"=function: 0x8066758 
  "gfind"=function: 0x80668e8 
  "rep"=function: 0x80667c0 
  "find"=function: 0x80668b0 
  "char"=function: 0x8066790 
  "dump"=function: 0x8066878 
  "byte"=function: 0x8066960 
  "upper"=function: 0x8066840 
  "gsub"=function: 0x8066920 
  "format"=function: 0x8066998 
  "len"=function: 0x8066728 
  "lower"=function: 0x8066808 
"xpcall"=function: 0x8063d18 
"tprint"=function: 0x8072f80 
"table" : 
  "setn"=function: 0x8065308 
  "insert"=function: 0x80654d8 
  "getn"=function: 0x80653b8 
  "foreachi"=function: 0x8065380 
  "remove"=function: 0x8065510 
  "sort"=function: 0x8065340 
  "concat"=function: 0x80650b8 
  "foreach"=function: 0x80652d0 
"rawset"=function: 0x8063ca8 
"gcinfo"=function: 0x8063d90 
"tonumber"=function: 0x8064838 
"print"=function: 0x806b298 
"coroutine" : 
  "resume"=function: 0x80650f0 
  "yield"=function: 0x8065128 
  "status"=function: 0x8065078 
  "wrap"=function: 0x8065040 
  "create"=function: 0x8064fc8 
"os" : 
  "setlocale"=function: 0x8064aa8 
  "getenv"=function: 0x80649d8 
  "difftime"=function: 0x8064a38 
  "time"=function: 0x8064ae0 
  "clock"=function: 0x8065000 
  "date"=function: 0x8065470 
  "tmpname"=function: 0x8064b18 
"__pow"=function: 0x80671e0 
"math" : 
  "log"=function: 0x8066058 
  "atan"=function: 0x8067010 
  "ldexp"=function: 0x8067248 
  "deg"=function: 0x80670e0 
  "tan"=function: 0x8064e78 
  "cos"=function: 0x8064e48 
  "abs"=function: 0x8066bd8 
  "random"=function: 0x8067178 
  "rad"=function: 0x8067140 
  "frexp"=function: 0x8064f50 
  "pi"=3.1415926535898 
  "floor"=function: 0x8064ee8 
  "acos"=function: 0x8064df0 
  "max"=function: 0x80672e0 
  "sqrt"=function: 0x8067280 
  "atan2"=function: 0x8067048 
  "asin"=function: 0x8064db8 
  "min"=function: 0x80672b0 
  "mod"=function: 0x8064f18 
  "log10"=function: 0x8067080 
  "exp"=function: 0x80670b0 
  "pow"=function: 0x8067110 
  "randomseed"=function: 0x80671b0 
  "sin"=function: 0x8064da0 
  "ceil"=function: 0x8064eb0 
"_G" : 
  "string"=table: 0x8072f30 
  "xpcall"=function: 0x8063d18 
  "tprint"=function: 0x8072f80 
  "table"=table: 0x8072f58 
  "rawset"=function: 0x8063ca8 
  "gcinfo"=function: 0x8063d90 
  "tonumber"=function: 0x8064838 
  "print"=function: 0x806b298 
  "coroutine"=table: 0x8063b78 
  "os"=table: 0x8063c08 
  "__pow"=function: 0x80671e0 
  "math"=table: 0x8063be0 
  "_G"=table: 0x80686f0 
  "pcall"=function: 0x8063ce0 
  "_VERSION"="Lua 5.0.2" 
  "unpack"=function: 0x8064918 
  "type"=function: 0x80648a8 
  "pairs"=function: 0x80647c8 
  "next"=function: 0x8064758 
  "_TRACEBACK"=function: 0x8067898 
  "assert"=function: 0x80648e0 
  "tostring"=function: 0x8064870 
  "ipairs"=function: 0x8064790 
  "loadstring"=function: 0x8063e38 
  "io" : 
    "write"=function: 0x806b2b8 
  "rawequal"=function: 0x8064950 
  "rawget"=function: 0x8064988 
  "collectgarbage"=function: 0x8063d58 
  "setmetatable"=function: 0x80646b0 
  "getmetatable"=function: 0x8064670 
  "error"=function: 0x8064630 
"pcall"=function: 0x8063ce0 
"_VERSION"="Lua 5.0.2" 
"unpack"=function: 0x8064918 
"type"=function: 0x80648a8 
"pairs"=function: 0x80647c8 
"next"=function: 0x8064758 
"_TRACEBACK"=function: 0x8067898 
"assert"=function: 0x80648e0 
"tostring"=function: 0x8064870 
"ipairs"=function: 0x8064790 
"loadstring"=function: 0x8063e38 
"io"=table: 0x8065d58 
"rawequal"=function: 0x8064950 
"rawget"=function: 0x8064988 
"collectgarbage"=function: 0x8063d58 
"setmetatable"=function: 0x80646b0 
"getmetatable"=function: 0x8064670 
"error"=function: 0x8064630 

Completed OK 

  if os.getenv ("REQUEST_METHOD") == "POST" then
    for _, v in ipairs (split (io.read ("*a"), "&")) do
      assemble_value (v, post_data)
    end -- for
  end -- if post

 print ("Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1")

  print ("Date: " .. os.date ("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT"))
  print ("Server: " .. "thttpd/2.25b")  --> or whatever it is
  print ("Connection: close")