On Aug 27, 8:43 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mathew Snyder) wrote: > Let's forget for a moment that CGI::Ajax exists. Instead, imagine that all I > want to do is call a Perl script from my AJAX application. Having created all > the necessary communication lines I then pass the script URL with the GET > method to the "line" in order to execute said Perl script. > > All the script does is take all of the values in an array, join them into a > string and pass the string back to the calling JavaScript function. However, > it > doesn't work and continually returns a 403 status code > > The script is chmod'ed to 755, the directory in which it resides is also > chmod'ed to 755 ensuring access.
403 is the HTTP code for Forbidden. It means the server is refusing to run the script at all, generally because the access permissions are not correct. I would double check those permissions to see if they really are what you think they are, and what your web server requires them to be. Can you run the Perl/CGI script directly from the browser, without going through your AJAX application? That would be a good first debugging step. > I believe I use the print function from the > script basically printing the string to the "line" which the calling function > basically reads. Is this correct? I've seen it suggested to use the printf > function. This is all irrelevant. 403 means your script was never run to begin with. Whoever suggested that you might solve your problem by using printf() instead of print() does not know what they're talking about, and you should ignore advice from that person. Paul Lalli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
