I don't drink that frequently, but when I do I get chatty, even on the computer.
-----Original Message----- From: Ray Morris [mailto:supp...@bettercgi.com] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 8:00 PM To: modules-dev@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: Making mod_auth_digest mysql > Sorry, about the extraneous personal notes. > The I love you was an exaggeration of thank you. > I kid around. I don't know that people > understand that. No problem - I get a lot of that. :) > I should never go near a computer when I'm > drinking. I also type stuff I regret. It used to be I shouldn't go around ANYTHING when I was drinking, which was pretty often! Then thirteen years ago I found a way that I don't need to drink like that any more, thankfully. -- Ray B. Morris supp...@bettercgi.com Strongbox - The next generation in site security: http://www.bettercgi.com/strongbox/ Throttlebox - Intelligent Bandwidth Control http://www.bettercgi.com/throttlebox/ Strongbox / Throttlebox affiliate program: http://www.bettercgi.com/affiliates/user/register.php On 02/08/2009 09:05:54 AM, Michele Waldman wrote: > Sorry, about the extraneous personal notes. The I love you was an > exaggeration of thank you. I kid around. I don't know that people > understand that. > > I had already started drinking in celebration of finishing my > project. > > I should never go near a computer when I'm drinking. I also type > stuff I > regret. > > Thank you again. > > But, I have to know how does > > RewriteCond ${REMOTE_USER} . > > Is the . for any character? Why does it evaluate correctly when > undefined > and !="" doesn't? > > Michele > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Morris [mailto:supp...@bettercgi.com] > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:05 PM > To: modules-dev@httpd.apache.org > Subject: Re: Making mod_auth_digest mysql > > > I'm thinking about adding a -e flag for environment > > variable does not exist to httpd on my server. > > It would return true if the variable exists > > or false, otherwise. Is there a way to already > > do this? > > > For your purpose, you can use: > RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} !. > or as appropriate: > RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} . > > That will check for any non-empty value > by matching at least any single character. > > > > It looks like: RewriteCond ${REMOTE_USER} !="" always > > evaluates to true if REMOTE_USER does not exist. > > Am I wrong? > > > That's correct, if it doesn't exist, it's not > the empty string. What's in that bucket on your > desk? "There is no bucket" is a different answer > than "the bucket is empty". Since you apparently > understand SQL, let me explain that by saying it's > the same thing as the difference between trying > to get the value of a column which doesn't exist, > which is an outright error, versus a column with > the value 0, versus a text column with empty > text (""), versus an unknown value, represented > by NULL. Not existing isn't the same thing as > existing and being empty. > -- > Ray B. Morris > supp...@bettercgi.com > > Strongbox - The next generation in site security: > http://www.bettercgi.com/strongbox/ > > Throttlebox - Intelligent Bandwidth Control > http://www.bettercgi.com/throttlebox/ > > Strongbox / Throttlebox affiliate program: > http://www.bettercgi.com/affiliates/user/register.php > > > On 02/05/2009 10:43:57 PM, Michele Waldman wrote: > > RewriteCond has flags -f -d ... > > But not -e for exists. > > It looks like: > > RewriteCond ${REMOTE_USER} !="" always evaluates to true if > > REMOTE_USER does > > not exist. Am I wrong? > > I'm thinking about adding a -e flag for environment variable does > not > > exist > > to httpd on my server. It would return true if the variable exists > > or > > false, otherwise. > > Is there a way to already do this? > > Thoughts? > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > >