thanks for responding > what is put in the httpd error log when this occurs? that > information > could be valuable.
here is the log entry: Fri Oct 25 14:57:22 2002] [error] [client 68.68.42.71] unable to include "../cgi-bin/quotes/quotemaster.cgi?" in parsed file /usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/neclimbs.com/httpdocs/test_quotes.shtml > from the mod_include documentation: > > Note that the comment terminator (-->) should be preceded by > whitespace > to ensure that it isn't considered part of an SSI token. OK, just took care of that to no avail > from the mod_include documentation: > > The include virtual element should be used in preference to exec cgi. > In particular, if you need to pass additional arguments to a > CGI program, > using the query string, this cannot be done with exec cgi, > but can be done > with include virtual, as shown here: > <!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/example.cgi?argument=value" --> right now I'm not sending parameters, but I have switched to the virtual method just to be sure. still searching... Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]