Problems getting a simple form to work.

I am trying to get a simple form to work on my web site. The simpleform.htm is located in testarea/simpleform.htm and simpleform.pl is located in cgi-bin/simpleform.pl. When I run the script from simpleform.htm I get the following error message: 500 Server Error Sorry, your request could not be

Re: Problems getting a simple form to work.

[..] > > Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Also, is there a way to turn on > error.log? Actually, error.log is always turned on... If you are not running the server on yours own, ask the server admin where is the error.log located. [..] > Permissions for cgi-bin: rwxr-xr-x > Permissions f

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

Hi Li, Rob and Mark. Thanks for your help. My site is being hosted by Hypermart, so I don't have access to /var/log/httpd. My new simpleform.cgi now looks like this: #!/usr/local/bin/perl -wT use CGI; use strict; $username = param('username'); print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; print "You en

Re: Problems getting a simple form to work.

Mike Butler wrote: Hi Li, Rob and Mark. Thanks for your help. My site is being hosted by Hypermart, so I don't have access to /var/log/httpd. My new simpleform.cgi now looks like this: #!/usr/local/bin/perl -wT use CGI; use strict; $username = param('username'); should be my $username = param('

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

Hi, You have access to your error log in Hypermart through the site tools. Simply click on "Site Statistics" then on "CGI Error Log" and you'll find the most recent errors. Etienne Rivard >>> Mike Butler<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/04/03 01:57pm >>> Hi Li, Rob and Mark. Thanks for your help. My s

Re: Problems getting a simple form to work.

[..] > #!/usr/local/bin/perl -wT > use CGI; > use strict; > > $username = param('username'); should be : my $username = param('username'); because you've using strict; > > print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; For what I know, I would write as "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; > print "You entered

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

I would also add use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); along with use CGI; use strict; This way your errors will get displayed in your browser. Also, check with your hosting company to make sure that your path to perl is correct (ex. is it #!/usr/local/bin/perl -wT vs. #!/usr/bin/perl -wT) Andr

Any one who knows Formmail by Matts Scripts

Hallo I need to have my form mail to 2 or 3 addresses. Anyone familiar enough with this popular program to advise??? Thanks Lou -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

Thanks, Andrew. I added CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); to the script. That's a big help. The error message that I get now is: Software error: Undefined subroutine &main::param called at simpleform.cgi line 6. Line 6 is my $username = param('username'); Any idea why param is undefined? Thanks,

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

"Undefined subroutine &main::param called at simpleform.cgi line 6." Is the error I get for your script when I execute it from http://www.mikyo.com/cgi-bin/simpleform.cgi If you want to try what I did, do the following: 1. type in http://www.mikyo.com/cgi-bin/simpleform.cgi to your web browser

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

Give this a shot and see if it errors: use CGI; my $query = new CGI; my %params = $query->Vars; my $username = $params{'username'}; On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 15:29, Mike Butler wrote: > Thanks, Andrew. I added CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); to the script. That's > a big help. The error message tha

Re: Any one who knows Formmail by Matts Scripts

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Luinrandir Hernsen wrote: > Hallo > I need to have my form mail to 2 or 3 addresses. > Anyone familiar enough with this popular program to advise??? > Thanks > Lou > Lou, forget it; matt's formmail script has a lot of security flaws discussed in this list and others. Try htt

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

Thanks, Andrew. That did it. It's working now. :) :) :) Thanks everyone for all your help. - Mike -Original Message- From: Rob Benton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:38 PM To: Mike Butler Cc: Hughes, Andrew; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problems getting a sim

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

I think you meant, "Thanks, Rob." Andrew -Original Message- From: Mike Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:45 PM To: Rob Benton Cc: Hughes, Andrew; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problems getting a simple form to work. Thanks, Andrew. That did it. It's workin

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

It's OK, my feelings aren't hurt :) On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 15:45, Hughes, Andrew wrote: > I think you meant, "Thanks, Rob." > > Andrew > > -Original Message- > From: Mike Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:45 PM > To: Rob Benton > Cc: Hughes, Andrew; [EMAIL

RE: Problems getting a simple form to work.

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 at 16:29, Mike Butler opined: MB:Thanks, Andrew. I added CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); to the script. That's MB:a big help. The error message that I get now is: MB:Software error: MB:Undefined subroutine &main::param called at simpleform.cgi line 6. MB: MB:Line 6 is my $usernam