Dave, Per your advice, this seems to work more often, but not always. I'll try the delay next.
on mouseUp put "" set the httpHeaders to "Connection: close" put URL "http://www.widgetgadget.com/stuff/test.log"; into fld 1 put the number of lines in fld 1 end mouseUp On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Dave Cragg <dave.cr...@lacscentre.co.uk>wrote: > > On 3 Jan 2011, at 02:27, Chipp Walters wrote: > > > Dave, > > > > It's just a standard IIS logfile from a server. There's nothing funny > about > > it. In fact, I cut/pasted it into a text file and uploaded it to the > server > > it's on right now, so as to keep Chris from hollering at me! (It had the > > problem on our server as well). > > > > Do you suggest I add the debug line you mention, or is there something > > 'better' to do for now? > > Not sure, Chipp. It's not clear whether we're all seeing exactly the same > thing or not. > > Two suggestions for now: > > 1. In the libUrl script where I added the DEBUG 1 line, add this instead: > > wait 15 milliseconds with messages > > This works here. But it fails if I set it to 10 milliseconds. (But I guess > this will slow the total download by a number of seconds, so it's a bit of a > desperate fix.) > > 2. set the httpHeaders to "Connection: close" > > I was seeing socket errors sometimes (perhaps similar to what Mark > reported) when retrying the script. I think the error on the socket probably > occurred on the previous try, but for some reason, the error isn't being > seen by LC and it is trying to re-use the faulty (or already closed) socket > on subsequent calls. Setting the connection header will force the socket to > get closed on completion and LC will automatically open a fresh socket for > subsequent calls. So not a fix as such, but it may help to reduce some of > the consequential effects. > > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Chipp Walters CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
