Re: Apache::ASP

> Aaron Slepecky wrote: > > Sorry for the newbie question but I cannot find anyone to help me. I have >everything installed and loaded but everytime I try to put the following > into my httpd.conf (and access.conf): > > > SetHandler perl-script > PerlHandler Apache::ASP > PerlSetVar Global/tm

Re: Question on

> When I use the statement, I get a single line that contains > the entire POST content, rather than just the first line of the post. > Can anyone think of why that would happen? Here's the snippet of my > code: > > $line = ; > $r->print("$line\n"); 1. There might not be more than one line.

Re: Another IE5 complaint

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RE: Embperl Subroutines

> > One thing that I am doing now is making use of Embperl [$ sub $] [$ > endsub $] for defining subroutines. If I read the documentation > correctly these subroutines will be 'imported' into any page that I > import them into. I see no mention of reuse of these subroutines, each > page seems to g

RE: embperl pages and braindead sucking robots

> I have for the first time encountered the problem that some braindead > web robot (ExtractorPro) attempted to download all of the site and > appended some random URL segment at the end of an embedded perl page. I > use suffix .phtml for these pages, and the url looked like >

RE: Flaky software

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Gary Carroll wrote: > Maybe you should try http://www.microsoft.com i hear there is this great new thing called 'active server pages'. ive been meaning to check that out but i keep having to write mod_perl code for non-production systems. damn those paying customers.

Apache::ASP

Sorry for the newbie question but I cannot find anyone to help me.  I have everything installed and loaded but everytime I try to put the following into my httpd.conf (and access.conf):   SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::ASP PerlSetVar Global/tmp   I get this error:  Invalid comman

RE: Passing params in Embperl...

> I realize that that this is probably something incredibly easy that I've > just overlooked while reading the docs so I apologize ahead of time... > > I need to pass a value that is dynamically generated at run time to the > next Embperl doc. I've tried doing the following: > $fdat{'application_

Re: ab weirdness...

> When I use "ab" from another Linux box to fetch a static HTML page > (about 6K in size) on a test server on the same network, "ab" reports: > 3 requests per second > versus about: > 900 requests per second > when "ab" is run directly on the test server. Strange. I don't see that he

Re: EmbPerl, PHP continued...

> RESULTS: > > - Results are "Requests per second". I'm not sure how to > interpret the numbers on an absolute scale, but the relative > comparisons should be somewhat meaningful. > > - Each test was conducted 5 times and the average is shown. > > - "ab" was used from t

Re: Another IE5 complaint

Most of my users are .fr people. My logs show more than 70% of them as IE users. MS is clearly in the process of enjoying one more monopolistic situation. People just don't download Netscape. What's more surprising is the enormous proportion of IE5 users over IEx users. Seems to me that if we let

RE: Another IE5 complaint

> -Original Message- > From: Rod Butcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 November 1999 10:20 > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Another IE5 complaint > > > Am I the only battling service vendor who actually feels good when > somebody bookmarks my website ? > I can absorb the

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Re: missing header files on debian

Slava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried to install Apache::Request both way: manualy and > using perl -MCPAN -e shell. It does't work on Debian. > it tries to find some header files from apache. The same with > libapreq-0.31 Install apache-dev Mike.

Re: Performance problems

> I have a site running Apache-1.3.6, PHP-3.0.9, mod_perl-1.20 on Solaris with > a Sybase Database. And it has some performance flaws. This site has > thousands of hits per day (not sure of how many, though) and it should be > faster (few images, no animations whatsoever). > > Can anybody tell me

Re: Question on

Meanwhile, back at the ranch... > $line = ; > $r->print("$line\n"); > > In my response, I get the entire POST content echoed back to me, where I > only expected the first line. If I comment out the "print" statement, I > don't get anything echoed back (which is what I would expect). It really >

RE: HTMLEmbperl 1.2.0 HTTP header

> > The psuedocode snippet looks something like this (the actual listing is > too huge) > > [- > if passed data > perform error checking > else > $new_entry = 1; > -] > > > > [$ if( ($new_entry) || ($f->errors()) ) $] > [+ $f->display_errors_as_html(); +] > > blank form stuff... > >

RE: EmbPerl, PHP

> Steve Willer has written a few words about PHP and Embperl. Look at > > http://perl.apache.org/embperl/Sites.pod.1.html#http_www_webpersonals_com_St Well, the 10-20 times performance difference is very questionable. Depends a lot on what you are doing. For most stuff PHP is about 30% slower

Question on

In a perl apache module that I'm writing, I wanted to try to parse the content of a POST myself. According to "Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C", page 438, you should be able to read the content from STDIN using Perl's read() and getc(), and using Perl's <> file operations. When I use the

Apache::Request

So I've been playing around with Apache::Request for the last day or two, trying to figure out what it's capabilities are for processing uploaded files. I was hoping to use it as the back-end of an HTTP-based API I'm creating. It looks like it requires that a "filename" parameter on the Content-

Embperl Subroutines

Hello Everyone, I am in the process of developing an Embperl/Mysql site and have a couple of questions. One thing that I am doing now is making use of Embperl [$ sub $] [$ endsub $] for defining subroutines. If I read the documentation correctly these subroutines will be 'imported' into any page

Re: Flaky software

> "G" == G W Haywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: G> If you have "never bothered" to find out why `make test' is failing G> then obviously you don't have any "production mod_perl systems". G> In the light of the comments from Mr. Schwartz, it looks like you G> have only development systems tha

Re: Another IE5 complaint

At 20:08 23/11/1999 +, Matt Sergeant wrote: >What sucks is it's MS lock-in. To create a .ico file you have to have a >Windows machine. So webmasters now have to have windows machines to work >with this concept. Had it been .png I would have felt differently. Not that I want to make this alrea

Re: HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED

At 12:30 AM 11/24/99 +0200, Stas Bekman wrote: >http://perl.apache.org/guide/porting.html#Terminating_requests_and_process Thanks for the reply, Stas. I did read that section of the Guide, but I didn't see what I'm doing wrong to cause the headers to be sent incorrectly, like the example below.

Where to start with mod_perl (was Re: Flaky software)

Glen Lee Edwards wrote: > > I'm brand new to the list, so I thought I'd better ask a question before > making another post: > > What is the specific purpose/slant of this list? Is it a developer's > list? A general list to help those running Mod Perl? Are only > programming geniuses allowed t

Re: Flaky software

> "GLE" == Glen Lee Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GLE> What is the specific purpose/slant of this list? Is it a developer's GLE> list? A general list to help those running Mod Perl? Are only GLE> programming geniuses allowed to post, or can the average joe ask dumb GLE> questions? A

Re: Modperl/ProxyPass & ModSSl

> "JRJ" == Joseph R Junkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JRJ> In this situation, where do I set up modssl? JRJ> 1) on the modproxy/proxypass frontend? Yes. JRJ> I suppose it would be really nice if all I had to do is enable modssl on JRJ> the proxypass front end. It doesn't seem to make sense

Re: Flaky software

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, G.W. Haywood wrote: [snip snip] > For me, your slapdash approach has polluted the mod_perl resource to > the extent that now I don't trust any of it. The entire exercise is > written off to experience and I am looking for alternatives. Hey, Jeffrey Baker didn't write mod_

Re: HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED

> Hello, > > I'm asking this question again in a simpler form this time. > > Can Apache::exit() be used in an Apache::Registry script? (My script is > run mod_perl and mod_cgi so I'm trying not to make it contain too much > mod_perl-specific code.) http://perl.apache.org/guide/porting.html#Te

Re: Flaky software

I'm brand new to the list, so I thought I'd better ask a question before making another post: What is the specific purpose/slant of this list? Is it a developer's list? A general list to help those running Mod Perl? Are only programming geniuses allowed to post, or can the average joe ask dumb

Re: Another IE5 complaint

A really cheesy 6-year old 16-bit icon making application and WINE will do it. darren Matt Sergeant ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What sucks is it's MS lock-in. To create a .ico file you have to have a > Windows machine. So webmasters now have to have windows machines to work > with this concept.

RE: embperl pages and braindead sucking robots

Jens-Uwe Mager wrote: > I have for the first time encountered the problem that some braindead > web robot (ExtractorPro) attempted to download all of the site and > appended some random URL segment at the end of an embedded > perl page. I > use suffix .phtml for these pages, and the url looked l

Modperl/ProxyPass & ModSSl

Hello all, I am using a two server setup with a lightweight modproxy front end doing a proxypass to a backend modperl app server. So now I want to utilize modssl and enable an encrypted version, while still retaining a non-encrypted version. In this situation, where do I set up modssl? 1) on the

Re: Flaky software

Give me a break, G.W. You think nobody is happy with mod_perl? You think it's okay to take the mis-speakings of a good Perl contributor (JB) out of context and try to use them as some kind of evidence (for what?)? That's mean-spirited and inaccurate, and I don't feel like hearing it. "[sic]"?

Re: Flaky software

"G.W. Haywood" wrote: > Dear Mr. Baker, > > If you have "never bothered" to find out why `make test' is failing > then obviously you don't have any "production mod_perl systems". In > the light of the comments from Mr. Schwartz, it looks like you have > only development systems that haven't gon

Re: Flaky software

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Dear Mr. Baker, > > If you have "never bothered" to find out why `make test' is failing > then obviously you don't have any "production mod_perl systems". In > the light of the comments from Mr. Schwartz, it looks like you have > only development syst

RE: Flaky software

> For me, your slapdash approach has polluted the mod_perl resource to > the extent that now I don't trust any of it. The entire exercise is > written off to experience and I am looking for alternatives. Maybe you should try http://www.microsoft.com g-

HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED

Hello, I'm asking this question again in a simpler form this time. Can Apache::exit() be used in an Apache::Registry script? (My script is run mod_perl and mod_cgi so I'm trying not to make it contain too much mod_perl-specific code.) I'm trying to send a 304 error, but also log a 304 error in

Re: Flaky software

> On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Jeffrey Baker wrote: > > if (defined @foo_in) { # On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: # # defined @bar and defined %bletch are almost never correct, and any # seasoned Perl hacker knows to watch for those as a red flag. > On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Jeffrey Ba

RE: Upgrading to 1.21-2

Did you install perl from source? If you did then RPM is unaware of perl 5.005x being on the box. As said several times before on the list.. You may want to build perl, apache, and mod_perl from source. Odds are, everything will work without a hitch. Ian -Original Message- From: [EM

Upgrading to 1.21-2

I just upgraded to Perl 5.005_03 from 5.004_something. (I run Red Hat Apollo (5.2) on my box). I had to install GLIBC_2.1 and uninstall mod_perl-1.19-1. That done, Perl installed with only one hitch, the following error: /etc/localtime created as /etc/localtime.rpmnew Then I tried to install

Re: Another IE5 complaint

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > Rod Butcher wrote: > > > > Am I the only battling service vendor who actually feels good when > > somebody bookmarks my website ? > > I can absorb the overhead of accesses to a favorites icon. > > This may be a security hazard for the client, but I d

RE: Stacked Handlers and passing Objects

and, of course, it is well documented in the guide (sorry Stas :) > -Original Message- > From: Stas Bekman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 2:35 PM > To: Young, Geoffrey S. > Cc: 'Bill Desjardins'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Stacked Handlers and p

Passing params in Embperl...

I realize that that this is probably something incredibly easy that I've just overlooked while reading the docs so I apologize ahead of time... I need to pass a value that is dynamically generated at run time to the next Embperl doc. I've tried doing the following: $fdat{'application_id'} = 'som

RE: Stacked Handlers and passing Objects

> I think what you are looking for is available in the pnotes() method > > it isn't documented in the book, but a recent version of mod_perl and > perldoc Apache should be able to help you, now that you know what to look > for... http://perl.apache.org/guide/porting.html#Passing_and_preserving_c

Re: Another IE5 complaint

That would only work for unix? Or will that mess with windows as well? Tom Christiansen wrote: > > >Are you going to > >complain about all the 404 errors in your log, or are you going to use a > >simple RewriteRule to give people the information they are seeking? > > Well, in the Microsoft ca

Re: Apache::Sandwich and SSI problems

> "Shay" == Shay Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Shay> # Shay> # To use server-parsed HTML files Shay> # Shay> AddType text/html .shtml AddHandler server-parsed .shtml Shay> AddHandler server-parsed .html Shay> Shay> SetHandler perl-script Shay> PerlH

embperl pages and braindead sucking robots

I have for the first time encountered the problem that some braindead web robot (ExtractorPro) attempted to download all of the site and appended some random URL segment at the end of an embedded perl page. I use suffix .phtml for these pages, and the url looked like

RE: Stacked Handlers and passing Objects

I think what you are looking for is available in the pnotes() method it isn't documented in the book, but a recent version of mod_perl and perldoc Apache should be able to help you, now that you know what to look for... --Geoff > -Original Message- > From: Bill Desjardins [SMTP:[EMAIL P

Re: Another IE5 complaint

>Are you going to >complain about all the 404 errors in your log, or are you going to use a >simple RewriteRule to give people the information they are seeking? Well, in the Microsoft case, I'd probably dynamically rewrite the link to file:///dev/mouse or file:///dev/zero, if that made any sense

Re: Another IE5 complaint

Jeff Stuart wrote: > Jeffrey Baker wrote: > > What he said. I don't see what sucks so much about burning a few bytes > > of bandwith to have your site's big fat icon on the user's desktop! And > > it isn't like they made up an HTTP ICON request type, they are using > > standard methods to get th

Stacked Handlers and passing Objects

Hello Everyone, I have been lurking for a while, but this is my first post. I started programming perl about a year ago and have no other programming experience, so please forgive me if this is way out of scope. And yes, I have searched the archives and I have the apache modules book, but I did n

directoryindex is not retrieved

Hi! I have problem with index files for directories not being read under mod_perl. According to mod_perl guide this happened for those who "declared mod_perl configuration inside a section for all files matching to *.pl. The problem has gone away after placing the usage of mod_perl in a - sectio

PerlAccess handler overriding mod_include

I know this is a simple problem, but I can't find the solution in the Eagle books or in the mailing lists, etc. Anyway. I have a custom blocking module to block large quantities of URLs Options +execcgi AddHandler server-parsed .shtml SetHandler server-parsed AddType text/html .shtml Optio

Re: HTMLEmbperl 1.2.0 HTTP header

The psuedocode snippet looks something like this (the actual listing is too huge) [- if passed data perform error checking else $new_entry = 1; -] [$ if( ($new_entry) || ($f->errors()) ) $] [+ $f->display_errors_as_html(); +] blank form stuff... [$ else $] [- use Apache; use

Re: Apache::Sandwich and SSI problems

> "SM" == Shay Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SM> Hi, SM> Thank you very much for your response. SM> I've changed my configs, so that the sandwich will work only on .html file, SM> and set them not to be SSI parse by default. SM> Still, the header file, which has .shtml extension is not

Re: Apache::Sandwich and SSI problems

Hi, Thank you very much for your response. I've changed my configs, so that the sandwich will work only on .html file, and set them not to be SSI parse by default. Still, the header file, which has .shtml extension is not parsed. My sandwich version : 2.2 the httpd.conf details : # # To us

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Re: ab weirdness...

Strange indeed. This is a 10M LAN. The reason I was suspecting something wrong with my Apache configuration was because AOLServer (running on the test server) was reporting about 25 requests per second for the same file, which should definitely not be the case. Thanks! Rob Rasmus Lerdorf wr

RE: Re: Re: Web Crawler

I can't answer that, since I wasn't working on this project when it started some time ago. But it must have been version beta-beta-beta-beta :)) But there are lot of open source crawlers avaiable. The Google isn't open source anymore. Take a look at http://www.searchtools.com/tools/tools.htm

ab weirdness...

Hi, When I use "ab" from another Linux box to fetch a static HTML page (about 6K in size) on a test server on the same network, "ab" reports: 3 requests per second versus about: 900 requests per second when "ab" is run directly on the test server. This doesn't seem right. I th

EmbPerl, PHP continued...

Hi all, I was looking for some performance data for EmbPerl, PHP, etc. but could only find "Hello World"-type tests. So, I decided to add a few other tests to the mix and post the results. These test results are still very crude. Any feedback/analysis/criticism would be appreciated. Thanks!

Re: Apache::Sandwich and SSI problems

> "SM" == Shay Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SM> Hi, SM> I am trying to use your Sandwich module, which is really great and SM> helpful. So first of all I want to thank you for the great job you've SM> done. Try making your sandwiched documents NOT be *.[s]html. You're forcing all your

Re: mod_sandwich - parsing the header and footer through SSI module

> Does anyone has a modified version of the Sandwich module that passes > the header and footer files through the SSI handler ? the version I've > download does it only for the body of the document. The point of Apache::Sandwich is to append a preset header/footer to all HTML (or whatnot) files.

Re: mod_sandwich - parsing the header and footer through SSI module

> "SM" == Shay Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SM> hi, SM> Does anyone has a modified version of the Sandwich module that passes SM> the header and footer files through the SSI handler ? the version I've SM> download does it only for the body of the document. If the header/footer are *.sh

Re: Another IE5 complaint

Rod Butcher wrote: > > Am I the only battling service vendor who actually feels good when > somebody bookmarks my website ? > I can absorb the overhead of accesses to a favorites icon. > This may be a security hazard for the client, but I detect a > holier-than-thou attitude here against M$. > Wi

Re: Another IE5 complaint

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Ruben I Safir wrote: > > > Is this sort of thing implimented in Netscape? Is rev and rel > implemented in any fashion? It's not implemented for favicon, no. But LINK REL is supported by Navigator for external CSS stylesheets, for example. That's the only use I know of, th

Re: Another IE5 complaint

Is this sort of thing implimented in Netscape? Is rev and rel implemented in any fashion? -- Ruben I Safir [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brooklynonline.com Manager of Intranet Development NYU College of Dentisty Resume: http://www.wynn.com/jewish/resume.html Perl Notes: http://www.wynn.co

Re: Another IE5 complaint

IE 4/5 hits are more than 50% of the http://translator.go.com/ site I am working on, and I make sure I serve up a favicon.ico to all of thos guys. I get lots of bookmark requests and love it. Rod Butcher wrote: > > Am I the only battling service vendor who actually feels good when > somebody bo

RE: Another IE5 complaint

> Am I the only battling service vendor who actually feels good when > somebody bookmarks my website ? > I can absorb the overhead of accesses to a favorites icon. > This may be a security hazard for the client, but I detect a > holier-than-thou attitude here against M$. > Will somebody tell me wh

Re: Another IE5 complaint

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Rod Butcher wrote: > Am I the only battling service vendor who actually feels good when > somebody bookmarks my website ? No. > I can absorb the overhead of accesses to a favorites icon. So can I. > This may be a security hazard for the client, but I detect a > holier-than

HTMLEmbperl 1.2.0 HTTP header

I have an online form that uses Embperl. When the submit button is clicked the action is to submit the form data back to this same document. Error checking and data validation is performed and if any errors are found they are printed out at the very top of the form. Any and all output is done A

Apache::Sandwich and SSI problems

Hi, I am trying to use your Sandwich module, which is really great and helpful. So first of all I want to thank you for the great job you've done. On the other hand, I am trying to put an shtml file as header, and it seems like the SSI directives in it are not parsed. In the documentation you wr

new distribution page

Hi, I have created a page with pointers to various binary/source dists of mod_perl and libapreq http://perl.apache.org/distributions.html I've updated the index.html to include the link (in the "Availability" section) Enjoy! _

Re: Stumped: ignored

Hi, On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 07:52:50AM -0500, darren chamberlain wrote: > I'm doing soemthing similar right now, where there is no actual document > root, Yup! That did it. DocumentRoot overrides the handler after all... now I'm in business... I thought I needed the DocumentRoot for somethin

Re: Re: Web Crawler

On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 07:00:27AM -0500, ricarDo oliveiRa wrote: > - I'm not writing a web crawler from scratch. the initial source code was > based on Google's, adapted to serve the specific needs of this web site where did you get source code of Google!? cheers, ---m -- Miguel "Migs" A.L.

RE: Another IE5 complaint

Because it's not transparent. You either have to put up with bogus junk in your log files or provide what they decided to implement on their own. All of the various internet standards committees weren't formed for nothing. I was thinking this over yesterday and I can see some value in the "feat

Re: Stumped: ignored

I'm doing soemthing similar right now, where there is no actual document root, just dynamically generated stuff in a virtual host. Here is my setup, in the httpd.conf: ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ServerName www.my.uri ErrorLog logs/error_log SetHandler perl-script

RE: Re: Web Crawler

Hi again! ricarDo> thanks in advance for any further help. I have a web crawler ricarDo> running in a solaris+apache+mod_perl web server, and for some ricarDo> reason, when I try go get the contents of a certain page, it ricarDo> hangs and gives no timeout whatsoever. >First, are you *really*

Stumped: ignored

Hi, I hit this months ago but never really solved it... I'm working with the WING e-mail package by Malcolm Beattie. In my httpd.conf I have tried: PerlModule Wing_miranda_herrera_iphil_net::Balance SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Wing_miranda_herrera_iphil_net::Balance and: $

Re: Another IE5 complaint

Am I the only battling service vendor who actually feels good when somebody bookmarks my website ? I can absorb the overhead of accesses to a favorites icon. This may be a security hazard for the client, but I detect a holier-than-thou attitude here against M$. Will somebody tell me why this M$ in

mod_perl and sybase support statically linked into httpd?

Hi, I am currently running Apache on a HP-UX 11 platform, using plain CGIs for dynamic page creation accessing a Sybase database. I have only quite old Sybase client libraries here, forcing me to statically link sybase support into my perl binary. Now I want to switch to mod_perl; the problem

RE: PerlSetVar precedence questions

> >Some choice has to be made when merging. If you have something such as: > > > > > >PerlSetVar someKey someValue > > > > > > > >PerlSetVar someKey otherValue > > > > > >then you issue a request for /foo/bar.thmtl. Both configuration > >directives apply, so a decision has to be made as to which h

Access handlers for CGI's...

I've written an Authentication Handler using the Access phase, where someone must validate themselves before accessing a resource. The way I've done it, if the client is not validated, it changes the PerlHandler to reference a "Login" subroutine, which produces the login page. This works fine, alt

Re: Simple Mod_Perl XML Engine

Alex Menendez wrote: > 1) I do not want the XML tags to show up in the html source once they > have been expanded. > 2) I want the tags to be simple...Not embed perl type of processing. > 3) I want the flexibility to embed sql queries, formatting elements or > whatever into my xml packets that wi