[REBOL] How do I simulate CGI? Re:(2)
Thanks!! It worked. Tim At 02:47 PM 1/19/00 -0800, you wrote: ;;;query-string is redefined to simulate input from a form query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" cgi: make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string cgi: make object! decode-cgi query-string will work in your example, as will system/options/cgi/query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" cgi: make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string Explanation: You are creating a global word query-string here = query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" however you are passing decode-cgi a different query-string word embedded in an object here: cgi: make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string this .../cgi/query-string is a different query-string from your query-string. This has to do with contexts. The object cgi, in the path system/options has its own context and system/options/cgi/query-string is limited to the cgi object's context (unless its context is extended by referencing it from outside the cgi object. Don't worry about that just now.) When you create query-string as a glocal word - which is what happens by default when you do what you did - it does not affect the query-string in the context of cgi object. use probe system/options/cgi to see the contents of the cgi object. use = system/options/cgi/query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" to more realistically simulate the situation you will encounter when you run the script as a cgi script. Hope this helps ;- Elan [: - )]
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Hi Elan: Thanks for that tip. Actually, I use a multi-stage process (I've been using compiled apps with C/C++); 1)First write and debug in a console mode, redirecting html stdout to a test file. 2)Then run with web browser against Microsoft Personal Web Server. 3)Then port to server. In many cases, Rebol will be more suitable, and I know that my approaches to the development cycle may have to change. My next step, I suppose, will be to configure Microsoft Personal Web Server to work with Rebol. Any tips or comments? Regards Tim At 02:48 PM 1/19/00 -0800, you wrote: At 12:28 PM 1/19/00 -0900, you wrote: I am a CGI programmer new to Rebol. In previous work, I have begun a project by simulating the CGI environment on my desktop and redirecting output from stdout to a file. I have installed Apache on my MS Windows desktop machine and run a Web browser against it to simulate cgi. ;- Elan [: - )]
[REBOL] How do I simulate CGI?
I am a CGI programmer new to Rebol. In previous work, I have begun a project by simulating the CGI environment on my desktop and redirecting output from stdout to a file. How may I create a test query string to run directly from my desktop? The attempt that I made was to copy cgiform.r and modify it as below: Rebol returns ** Script Error: decode-cgi expected args argument of type: any-string. ** Where: cgi: make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string ; print "Content-Type: text/html^/" ;-- Required Page Header ;;;query-string is redefined to simulate input from a form query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" cgi: make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string print [ htmlbodyh2*"CGI Results:"/h2 "Name:" B cgi/name /BP "Email:" B cgi/email /BP "Phone:" B cgi/phone /BP /bodyhtml ]
[REBOL] How do I simulate CGI? Re:
;;;query-string is redefined to simulate input from a form query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" cgi: make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string cgi: make object! decode-cgi query-string will work in your example, as will system/options/cgi/query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" cgi: make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string Explanation: You are creating a global word query-string here = query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" however you are passing decode-cgi a different query-string word embedded in an object here: cgi: make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string this .../cgi/query-string is a different query-string from your query-string. This has to do with contexts. The object cgi, in the path system/options has its own context and system/options/cgi/query-string is limited to the cgi object's context (unless its context is extended by referencing it from outside the cgi object. Don't worry about that just now.) When you create query-string as a glocal word - which is what happens by default when you do what you did - it does not affect the query-string in the context of cgi object. use probe system/options/cgi to see the contents of the cgi object. use = system/options/cgi/query-string: "name=tim[EMAIL PROTECTED]phone=9005551212" to more realistically simulate the situation you will encounter when you run the script as a cgi script. Hope this helps ;- Elan [: - )]
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At 12:28 PM 1/19/00 -0900, you wrote: I am a CGI programmer new to Rebol. In previous work, I have begun a project by simulating the CGI environment on my desktop and redirecting output from stdout to a file. I have installed Apache on my MS Windows desktop machine and run a Web browser against it to simulate cgi. ;- Elan [: - )]
