> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:23 PM > To: 'Octavian Rasnita'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Why "Premature end of script headers"? > > > > Probably your web server is timing out the request and killing your > > script. Web servers don't like to run long-running processes like > > this. Perhaps you can fork off a child and have the child take care > > of it. > > Another solution is to have something like the following in your loop: > -------------------------------------------------- > local $|=1; # print things right away (no buffering) > # $ltime and $ctime should be defined before the loop > $ctime = time(); > if ($ltime ne $ctime){ > print " . "; > $ltime = $ctime; > } > -------------------------------------------------- > Then the browser does not time out because it continually > gets information, so it simply prints > another period to the browser every one second that it is > working. This can help you know its still > working.
True. But there are two possible downsides to consider: 1. It ties up a server process for an extended period. 2. The server will kill the CGI script if the client goes away or the connection is lost. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
