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Re: EuCGI test

• Posted by Grape Vine <chat_town at HOTMAIL.COM> Feb 28, 1999
• 454 views

Thank you thank you than you........


Grape

>Subject:      Re: EuCGI test
>To:           EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
>
>At 04:00 PM 28-02-1999 , you wrote:
>>Thank yuo...I can never say how happy i am at this...I have not messed
>>with it yet but is there a way to make it run any E code? I do not
know
>>cgi(does anyone know of a good book or web site to start at?)
>>
>>Grape Vine
>
>I noticed you visited me on 2-28 16:49:48 4.20.104.15 as Grape Vine ;)
>
>On an earlier post is the full source code of the cgi you used.
>
>CGI programming is easy! A CGI is a program that takes an input,
process it
>and then send it back to the webserver. The procesing of the data is
done
>as usual, you can use anything you want, including calling other
>applications, connecting to databases, creating files, etc. The only
>special mention is about getting the input and sending output.
>
>There a mainly two way your CGI can get it's input:
>
>a) Reading the standard input (like when using the '<' in DOS). Here
you
>must parse each query string that is in the form
KEY1=VALUE?KEY2=VALUE2..
>etc. Spaces are changed by the '+' sign. This way is the standard CGI
(Unix)
>
>b) Some server support another way, called WinCGI. WinCGI was developed
by
>O'Reilly for their WebSite webserver. Today several wintel webserver
>support WinCGI. WinCGI is mich simpler than std. CGI. The webserver
creates
>an enviormental variable where a .INI file is specified. Your app then
>reads the KY=VALUE pairs from that standard Windows ini file. The task
is
>simplifies because there are WinAPI functions that easily read a given
key
>value.
>
>Each server may have it's own "other" way to pass parameters. In the
case
>of Xitami the KEY/VALUE pairs are set as enviormental variables and
>alternativly as an input file (referenced by the CGI_STDIN enviomental
>variable).
>
>A CGI should output to the standard output. Because several languages
can't
>do this under Windows (mainly VB), many wintel webserver pass the app.
a
>filename it should use for it's output. Xitami defines this filename in
the
>CGI_STDOUT enviormental variable.
>
>When sending your output to stdout the firs line must be exactly:
>
>        Content-type: text/html
>
>followed by at least one blank line. After that you can send your html
code.
>
>I can't suggest any CGI book because I don't have any (well I have an
>online version of "CGI programming on the WWW"), and haven't buy any
>because they are usually based on Perl, something that I just don't
want to
>learn.
>
>Some useful (related) links:
>
>CGI official specification
>
>http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/interface.html
>
>CGI resources
>
>http://www.cgi-resources.com/
>
>Yahoo's CGI directory
>
>ommon_Gateway_Interface/
>
>Xitami
>
>http://www.xitami.net
>
>Internet Servers
>
>http://serverwatch.internet.com/
>
>
>Regards,
>         Daniel  Berstein
>         [daber at pair.com]


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