[REBOL] adding data to hyperlinks, etc. Re:(2)
Is it possible to pass variables to a REBOL script via a hyperlink as such? http://www.rebol.com/cgi-bin/test.cgi?value1 The QUERY_STRING will then contain "value1" correct? as if I had submitted a form to the .cgi script? > In the interim while I haven't received any responses, I thought of a > third solution, albeit I don't like it. The third solution is to have each > news article rendered within its own form and to have its own submit > button. The form can carry the article's reference number via the cgi > object. This is probably the easiest solution, but I can't stand the > thought of having so many submit buttons on a news headlines page. Perhaps > I'll change the value of the submit button to be "!" so that it doesn't > take up so much space. Otherwise, if anyone has an answer to my previous > question I'm all ears. > > 8-) > > -Ryan > > >Hello. Before I progress any further, I need some advice. > > > >With my script News Site, the script saves news articles as object > >expressions and loads them into memory before rendering a page based on > >the values in the objects. One of the object values is a reference number > >to differentiate the object from all others (since the objects are only > >object expressions they are assigned to object words upon loading.) > > > >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? > > > >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. 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 hope you're understanding what I am writing. Your help is much > appreciated. > > > >-Ryan > > > > >
[REBOL] adding data to hyperlinks, etc. Re:(2)
Hi Ryan: You can add information to a url like so: http://www.mydomain/cgi-bin/mine.cgi/arg1/arg2 where /arg1/arg2 function like command-line arguments. I would be happy to help you further here, but you should look up information on the cgi standards. I would be willing to send you the article that I will be writing for Andrew Kamp's site. I should have a draft after tuesday, and I will also have a documented rebol CGI object module available for public domain sometime after that as well. regards tim At 01:29 AM 7/9/00 -0500, you wrote: >In the interim while I haven't received any responses, I thought of a third >solution, albeit I don't like it. The third solution is to have each news >article rendered within its own form and to have its own submit button. The >form can carry the article's reference number via the cgi object. This is >probably the easiest solution, but I can't stand the thought of having so >many submit buttons on a news headlines page. Perhaps I'll change the value >of the submit button to be "!" so that it doesn't take up so much space. >Otherwise, if anyone has an answer to my previous question I'm all ears. > >8-) > >-Ryan > >>Hello. Before I progress any further, I need some advice. >> >>With my script News Site, the script saves news articles as object >>expressions and loads them into memory before rendering a page based on the >>values in the objects. One of the object values is a reference number to >>differentiate the object from all others (since the objects are only object >>expressions they are assigned to object words upon loading.) >> >>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? >> >>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. 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 hope you're understanding what I am writing. Your help is much >appreciated. >> >>-Ryan >> >> > >
[REBOL] adding data to hyperlinks, etc. Re:(2)
Ryan wrote: > The next feature I want to add is a commenting system. Have you thought about a system like Xerox's Sparrow: http://www.parc.xerox.com/istl/projects/sparrow/doc/www7/ or CritSuite by Ka-Ping Yee: http://crit.org/http://crit.org/index.html ? They have useful features that might inspire you. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/ -><-
