How to call functions inside a cgi script from the html interface?

[Ken]

"Jiri Baum" <jiri at baum.com.au> wrote in message
news:2bkcda.c25.ln at 10.0.0.1...
> Ken:
> > How to call functions inside a cgi script from the html interface?
>
> > Eg. If there is a link on the html display call "Search", how do I get
it
> > to call the function call "def search( )" inside the cgi script?
>
> You need to get yourself a CGI programming reference, or even a good HTML
> book, and refer to them before you post questions on the (wrong)
newsgroup.
>
> Also read the docs for the python cgi module (eg at www.python.org).
>
> HTTP doesn't have any facilities for doing this directly. Every time a
user
> selects a link, a request is made to the server for that page. This can
> either be a completely different cgi script, or it can be the same script
> with different parameters. Either way, it's a separate connection, so
don't
> expect variables to stay.

Where can I find good references with both python and HTML explained in
detail on how they work together?