Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] Document contained no data

[Tim Judd <timjudd@eagle.ptialaska.net>]

At 6:54 PM +0000 02/28/0, Richard Smith wrote:
>Hi Wolf,
>
>
>First off, take care with your Mime type. You have it as 'text/html', but
>your document is not html. Change it to 'text/text'.

Please visit ftp://venera.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/
  They are responsible for making the MIME types.  There is a text file in
that directory that tells you how to surf their FTP site.

  text/html can either HAVE html commands or not.  MIME 'text/text' does
not exist.  'text/plain' does, however.

  I understand the fustration, but in the strings that have been posted to
my mailbox, I see no answer yet, so below is my answer.

>I had a similar problem. You cannot upload a MacPerl .cgi or .acgi file. It
>is not a proper text file, just an event handler. They upload as zero bytes.
>Try uploading the original .pl file, then rename it to cgi (or append your
>.pl file to .cgi before you upload it, makes no difference). That way, you
>will get the whole text file, not MacPerl event handler.

  MacPerl has really 4 different way it can save it's files and scripts.
Plain text, Droplet, Runtime, and CGI script.  There has to be an extension
to use the 'CGI script' method..  email me if you want it.  I know for a
fact that MacHTTP (love it for simple testing) needs the 'CGI script'
method.  I don't know about QPQ, WebStar or any others.  I have MacHTTP for
simple testing.  it works.  I'm happy  :)

  I thought MacPerl in the 'appl' package contains all 4 method to save
it's scripts.  PLEASE consult http://www.macperl.com/ if you have any other
questions; as 99% of the questions are answered there.  :)

>I hope that helps.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Richard

Close, Richard.  :)  Thank you

--Tim



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