Don't know why this went missing. So here it is again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Handley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [REBOL] adding data to hyperlinks, etc.
> > The next feature I want to add is a commenting system. I want the reader
> to
> > be able to click on a hyperlink for "comments" which will then execute a
> .cgi
> > script. The .cgi script will then render a page including all of the
> comments
> > people have posted in regards to the news article in question. The
> question I
> > have is, how do I pass a value to a script from a hyperlink so that the
> > script renders the correct set of comments?
>
> Encode you hyperlink like this.
> http://cgi.zipworld.com.au/~bhandley/cgidump.r?your-id=123456789
> Which would be the same as if a HTML form was submitted with an input
> element of "your-id" that value 123456789.
>
> > I have thought of another option, albeit more cumbersome. During the
time
> the
> > main script creates object expressions for the news articles themselves,
> the
> > script could create a separate .cgi script just for that article.
> Probably overkill.
>
> > But how can I write a script to a directory and then make the script
> executable all at
> > the same time? I'm thinking the web server will see the .cgi extension
and
> > assign it executable status, but I'm not sure that is always the case.
>
> I'm little curious about this myself.
>
> Hope this was what you wanted.
> Brett.
>
