[MacPerl] Recent MacPerl problems ...

["Robert L. Bregman" <RBregman@UH.EDU>]

I have been using MacPerl since last May and have had great success
until just recently.  Sometime in December I upgraded to 5.1.5r4 and
just recently I upgraded to 5.1.9r4. Recently I have run into some
serious errors running my scripts which may (or may not) be related to
these upgrades.

Here's what happens ...

When I run a script (message board, calendar, search, etc.) it runs fine
on the first call.  Then (while the cgi application is still in server
memory) on subsequent calls (maybe the next, maybe after a couple of
more ...)  some or all of the fields come across as empty which triggers
various errors.  For instance, a cgi-lib.pl error complaining of a
content type error and then printing a blank field.

Interestingly, the problem never occurs on the first call and apparently
randomly thereafter.

Has anyone noticed similar problems? Maybe you could give me some ideas
for tracing the problem.

I am running perl scripts as cgi applications.  These problems do not
appear on other types of scripts or Lasso.  I have replicated the
problem on a Centris 650, 603e clone, and a new G3 desktop.  All
computers are running Mac OS 8.1.  All of these scripts ran fine last
fall using Mac OS 8.0 and whatever was the latest version of MacPerl at
the time.

Although I am not a programmer, I have a fairly good understanding of
the basics of MacPerl.  So I might to make sense out of some technical
responses.

Any kind of help or info would be greatly appreciated.  My website is
kind'of hurting at the moment. I have about 30 - 50 scripts acting
erratically ...

Thanks in advance.

Rob Bregman


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