Server Error

Guest_imported · Jul 9, 2001

Hi there,
I encounter a problem; I have no idea what it is.
One of my cgi program generate a form then pass the information to another cgi program, which will write the information into the data file. When I run the program under the command line, there is not problem, but when I submit the form. I got the message" Server Error". What kind of the problem that could be? There is nothing to with the mod. I have tried to chmod 777(both dir and file), but still the same. Since there is not syntax error, I don't know what to do. Any help will be great.
Thank you!!

tsdragon · Jul 10, 2001

Your problem may be the path to the file that you are writing. You normally need to specify the complete path in a cgi program. You can also use the environment variable $ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'} as part of the path. This is the path to your "web" directory (where your cgi directory and web pages reside).

Also, don't forget that you need to print something to the broswer, and you need a content-type header as the first thing. Like:

Code:

print &quot;Content-type: text/html\n\n&quot;;

There MUST be TWO \n's at the end.
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

Guest_imported · Jul 11, 2001

Thank you!
Yes, the problem is about the content-type header.
I checked my print_header function, which I wrote it a while ago and use it in most of my programs. This function didn't have the line "Content-type:text/html" and <html><head> tags in it. When the .cgi programs use this function, they need write them in.
Thanks.

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