> While working on some routines to send POST data to CGIs, I'm having some
> trouble getting the data in the right format...
What kind of trouble?
Trouble with extracting the posted data ?
Trouble with the encoding of 8-bit ASCII chars ?
> 1. Would it be any easier to take control over the whole transaction by
> using sockets instead of relying on MC's POST? My first hunch is that it
> would not...
Your hunch is correct. Sockets are much more complicated because they are at a lower
level of abstraction, e.g. more details to attend to than would normally be the case
when the process is handled for you.
> ... but it's been a bear dealing with some CGIs.
I recommend you duke it out with the CGI protocol some more before giving up on this
relatively easy protocol. Unless, of course, you have some very special protocol needs
that CGI is not designed to handle or to handle-well. IOW, with sockets, you could
create your own custom communication protocol. A protocol that doesn't have all of the
un-necessary overhead of CGI, for example. You could conceivably create a protocol
custom-made for MetaCard stacks to communicate via the Internet in their own
native-tongue.
Just a random thought ;-)
Alain Farmer
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