Re: [MacPerl] Is there a problem with MacPerl's CGI extension file?

["Jon Warbrick" <jw35@cus.cam.ac.uk>]

On 3 Jul 98, at 14:29, Stˇphane Jose wrote:

> Problems occur once the script is saved as a cgi applet. When I use the
> cgi applet with Webstar 2.0 it returns the following error:
> 
> Error -1700: Getting CGIreply string (Reply Data could not be coerced to
> requested type (char)) Error executing CGI application.
> 07/03/98	12:45:16	OK
>  192.168.0.2:exulon:cgi-bin:invent:invent.cgi	0
> 

I *think* I've seen this when attempting to return more data than the 
CGI->WebServer interface will support. I understand that the limit is 
somewhere in AppleEvents, and I've seen it variously quoted as 32Kb, 
64Kb or unlimited for particular combinations of MacPerl and/or MacOS 
versions. Try just returning 'Hi there' from your program as a test.

Jon.
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