[Betsie-devel] RE: Win2k / IIS href path trouble

[Jon B. <Jon...@ne...>]

Sorry, I'm new to this mailing list so forgive me if this has already =
been answered.

I'm getting the same problem as the one below and I cannot find any =
further information about it.

Does anyone have a solution for this?

The initial page loads but subsequent pages fail with a 404.

Win2k Server, IIS 5.0, PATH_INFO enabled.

I believe it has something to do with the IIS configuration not liking =
the URL's generated by Betsie.

I have tried using the ISAPI module and Perl.exe

I would be grateful for any help.

Thanks.

Jon Barlow.






From: Oliver Gray <o@ct...>=20
 Win2k / IIS href path trouble  =20
2003-06-30 16:54 =20
 A path/syntax issue I think, any information greatly appreciated!
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 Background:
 Running betsie on my Windows 2000 development box with IIS 5.0
 I have read the readme info and enabled the PATH_INFO setting!
 The perl script actually works when using the standard "text only" link =
from
 a page in my site, e.g:
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 <A HREF=3D"http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/parser.pl">Text-only</A>
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 But subsequent links from this Betsie generated page do not work,
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 ..parser.pl/0005/com294/CTU_2003/AboutUs.asp
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 giving the standard (non perl!) error:
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 "The page cannot be found" etc.
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 I have tried many different path names with/without the 0005 bit but =
with no
 success (including external pages.)
 Basically I am unable to parse any web page using the forward slash =
option!
 N.B. my Perl script was altered to make it work using the alternative =
path
 script provided by Neil (2002-01-29 08:26)
 <------------------------------ SCRIPT PROVIDED
 ---------------------------------->
 Look for these lines in the betsie script:=20
 # take path info or referer allowing easy linking in...=20
 $inpath =3D $ENV{'PATH_INFO'} || $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'};=20
 comment out the line above and add the bit below:=20
 # changed as PATH_INFO never seems to be empty on IIS=20
 if ($ENV{'PATH_INFO'} eq $name) {=20
 	$inpath =3D $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}=20
 } else {=20
 	$inpath =3D $ENV{'PATH_INFO'}=20
 }=20
 <----------------------------------------- END
 ------------------------------------------->
 Sorry, I'm not sure I can really make the site live just yet to show =
you
 all!
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 Many thanks,
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 Oli Gray.
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