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Old 03-18-2004, 02:17 AM   #1
sachitha
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Unhappy cgi-bins and fill out forms


i've created a fill out form in my web site at the URL which i have stated below.

http://www.geocities.com/sachitha_coolgal/form.html
i hope you can check it out .
i know i know it is pretty long. i mean my fill out form is pretty loong
but that cannot be the reason why my fill out form is now working right?

ppl can fill in stuff in the fill out form , but when u click on the submit button it gives this web page saying:
page cannot be displayed.

the output that should appear after the information goes to the cgi bin won;'t come up!!!
can someone pls help me out with this.
(any changes that i should do to my fill out form coding, or may be if it is too long or something possible suggessions as to what i should do n' all....)
thanks in advance!!

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Old 03-18-2004, 02:50 AM   #2
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It's not a problem with the form.

Are you allowed cgi access by the server?
Is the cgi file in the right place?
Has it got correct read and execute permissions?

billy
 
Old 03-19-2004, 04:34 AM   #3
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The URI your form is pointing to appears not to exist.
Code:
Not Found
The requested URL /cgi-bin/post-query was not found on this server.
 
Old 03-21-2004, 09:08 AM   #4
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>>Is the cgi file in the right place?
Has it got correct read and execute permissions?

what do u mean by a cgi-file
i haven't given any such file . i have only given the URL of the cgi-bin server in my fill out form coding
 
Old 03-22-2004, 02:44 AM   #5
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The cgifile is what receives the data
from the form and processes it, usually
dynamically outputting a new html file.

try and google some CGI tutorials.
use perl CGI module is easiest.

look up the CGI modules on:
www.perldoc.com
billy
 
  


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