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Re: SV: SV: Including html-pages in scripts

Posted By: paul@oninit.com
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Peter

just to take the slashes out of the equation I'd add perl to the
default path and move serve.pl to d: Don't forget to restart
apache so it gets the new path

I'd also try changing request to REQUEST=RAWPERL
and the code to "print 'Boo\n';

The code looks like a lift from the manual so I'd expect to work,
subject to Window'isms

Paul

Peter Langseth wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Thanks for the replies Donald and Paul.
>
> We have now upgraded to:
> Web Blade 4.13 TC1
> Informix 9.3 TC5
>
> But I still have problems.
> I now use the SERVE.pl program and the informix user have full access to
> the program.
>
> I call the serve.pl from <?MIEXEC> with the parameters mentioned in the
> Web Blade App Dev Guide, except my SERVICE-instruction is different, as
> im running on a Windows NT platform. My informix script is as follows:
>
> <?MIVAR name=src>d:\ibm\isa\perl\bin\perl
> d:\ibm\isa\bin\serve.pl<?/MIVAR>
> <?MIEXEC SERVICE=$src REQUEST=UPPER>
> This is a TeSt
> <?/MIEXEC>
>
> I'm not sure the above Service-instruction is correct, so if anyone has
> experience on executing Perl from <?MIEXEC> on a Windows-platform, any
> help would be appreciated.
>
> I have tried to run the Serve.pl from a commandline, and the program
> fails with a port-error, not much surprise there.
>
> We have also enabled the WebExplode() tracing, but it never gives us any
> error-reports or log-messages, which might be because the Browser never
> completes its request, it just "hangs" as I try to execute the
> informix-script.
>
> I'm getting a suspicion that the <?MIEXEC> doesn't work on a Windows
> platform. Anyone prove me wrong, please.
>
> Best regards
> Peter Langseth
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Donald Payne [mailto:payned@us.ibm.com]
> Sendt: 3. september 2003 20:37
> Til: Peter Langseth
> Cc: datablade-list@iiug.org; forum.subscriber@iiug.org
> Emne: Re: SV: Including html-pages in scripts [49]
>
> If you wrote your own "hello world" Perl script, I would instead try the
>
> sample provided & described in the Web Blade App Dev Guide, Chapter 7.
> I
> haven't touched <?MIEXEC>, but the doc says the Perl script "uses
> sockets
> to communicate with the Web DataBlade module"; so I wonder if such a
> script could run from the command line.
>
> Check out the other instructions there, including (1) moving the Perl
> script where the Informix user can execute it; (2) starting a WEB
> virtual
> processor.
>
> To help diagnose problems, you can turn on full WebExplode tracing (esp.
>
> trace value 4096) and Webdriver tracing; see Web Blade App Dev Guide,
> Appendix A
> "Debugging Web DataBlade Module Applications", sections "Enabling
> WebExplode() Tracing" & "Enabling Webdriver Tracing". And of course
> check
> online log & console log for msgs.
>
> I would also recommend upgrading IDS to at least 9.3 and Web Blade to
> 4.13, but I know of no specific problems with those versions and
> <?MIEXEC>.
>
> Finally, all the examples in my doc (version 4.13) use UNIX-style files
> &
> paths, which makes me suspect it wasn't tested on Windows.
>
> (By the way, what's the "isa webdriver"? Do you mean ISAPI webdriver
> for
> IIS? or possible an Apache or CGI webdriver running with the Apache web
> server that comes with ISA (Informix Server Admin)?)
>
> HTH,
> - Don
>
> Donald E. Payne -- Sr. IT Specialist
> IBM, Software Group, Data Management Services, OLTP Practice phone / fax
> 1-212-745-4380 ext. 1 (internal 243-4380 ext. 1) cell 631-379-2672
> mobile office (no mail): 590 Madison Ave, New York, NY mailing address:
> 13 Myrtle Ave., Huntington, NY 11743-3506 Certified IBM Informix
> Professional http://www.ibm.com/software/data
>
> "Peter Langseth" <pel@djoef.dk>
> Sent by: forum.subscriber@iiug.org
> 09/03/2003 11:34 AM
>
>
> To: datablade-list@iiug.org
> cc:
> Subject: SV: Including html-pages in scripts [49]
>
> Hi
>
> Thank you Donald for your reply, very good info :)
>
> Yes I use Web DataBlade, my versions are:
> Informix 9.21 TC5
> WebBlade 4.10 Tc1
> NT 4.0
>
> Yes I do have to include files that are located on a different web
> server, on another web domain.
>
> We use the isa webdriver, and I have therefore decided on your solution
> #2 (making a perl-script executed from the MIEXE-tag) But I have some
> problems with this :(
>
> I have made a small perl-script (basically a "hello-world" script) which
> executes fine from a commandline. But when I try to call it from an
> Informix-script the browser just dies. (no timeout, no errors, it just
> doesn't answer) Can anyone tell me what I'm missing? (I have a suspicion
> that the Informix-script doesn't call the Perl-script). I do the
> following in the Informix-script:
>
> <?MIVAR name=src>d:\ibm\isa\perl\bin\perl
> d:\ibm\isa\bin\pel_test.pl<?/MIVAR>
> <?MIEXEC SERVICE=$src>
> This is a test
> <?/MIEXEC>
>
> The variable $src contains the location of our perl.exe called with the
> location of my perl-script.
> (basically what I do from the commandline).
>
> If anyone has some experience in executing perl-scripts from
> informix-scripts your input would be much appreciated.
>
> Thx, best regards
> Peter Langseth
> pel@djoef.dk
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Donald Payne [mailto:payned@us.ibm.com]
> Sendt: 26. august 2003 20:11
> Til: Peter Langseth
> Cc: datablade-list@iiug.org; forum.subscriber@iiug.org
> Emne: Re: Including html-pages in scripts [42]
>
> I assume you are using the Web DataBlade.
> >From looking at the PHP docs for "include()", it appears you just want
> to
> include some common text in more than one Web Blade app page. The way
> to
> do that is to create a "User-Defined Dynamic Tag" in the Web Blade.
> Using
> DDW or APB, you define the tag, edit it (copy in your static text from
> wherever) & save it, similar to the way you create an app page. You
> include or invoke the tag in an app page with:
> <?myTag>
> The tag can contain static text as well as Web Blade code; you can pass
> parameters to the code in the tag, with
> <?myTag param="value" ...>
> If you enable caching of dynamic tags, then the database keeps tags in
> memory, which can help performance.
> For defining and using tags, see the "Web Blade App Dev Guide", Chapter
> 9
> "Using Dynamic Tags in AppPages", for details on Dynamic Tags. For
> caching, see two sections of the "Web Blade Admin Guide", depending on
> whether you have Global Tags Cache (a feature of Web Blade 4.13?)
> enabled:
>
> - If Global Tag Cache is enabled: Chapter 9 "Improving Performance",
> section "AppPage Caching", subsection "Global Cache For Dynamic Tags and
>
> User-Defined Routine Tags".
>
> - If not: Appendix B "Web DataBlade Module Variables", section "Managing
>
> Dynamic Tags", variable MI_WEBTAGSCACHE.
>
> But, if you really want to include a file from "another web-domain" (I
> assume you mean to get data from another process or another web server,
> or
> that you can't or don't want to copy a file into a Web Blade tag), I'm
> not
> sure how to do that best. The Web DataBlade executes ("explodes") its
> code inside the database engine, so it can't easily go outside to other
> processes or hosts. You _could_ try one of these, easiest idea first. I
>
> have not tried any of these:
>
> 1. Use a server-side include (NSAPI or Apache Webdriver only). See the
>
> "Web Blade Admin Guide", chapters 4 or 5 ("Using the XXX Webdriver"),
> section "Using Server-Side Includes in AppPages with the XXX Webdriver".
>
> 2. Write an <?MIEXEC> tag to execute a Perl script. See "Web
> Blade
> App Dev Guide", chapter 7 "Using Advanced AppPage Tags", section "The
> MIEXEC Tag".
>
> 3. Write a web server plug-in module (NSAPI, ISAPI or Apache) and
> invoke
> a <?MIFUNC> tag to call it. See:
> - "Web Blade Admin Guide", chapter 4, 5 or 6 "Using the XXX
> Webdriver", section "Using Server-Side Includes in AppPages with the XXX
> Webdriver".
> - "Web Blade App Dev Guide", chapter 7 "Using Advanced AppPage
> Tags", section "The MIEXEC Tag".
>
> HTH,
> - Don
>
> Donald E. Payne -- Sr. IT Specialist
> OLTP Practice, Data Management Services, Software Group, IBM phone / fax
> 1-212-745-4380 ext. 1 (internal 243-4380 ext. 1) mobile office: New
> York, NY mailing address: 13 Myrtle Ave., Huntington, NY 11743-3506
> Certified IBM Informix Professional http://www.ibm.com/software/data
>
> "PETER LANGSETH" <pel@djoef.dk>
> Sent by: forum.subscriber@iiug.org
> 08/26/2003 09:19 AM
>
>
> To: datablade-list@iiug.org
> cc:
> Subject: Including html-pages in scripts [42]
>
> Hi
>
> I have a scripting question.
>
> Is there a functionality in Informix that will allow me to "include" a
> static html-page from another web-domain into an informix-script?
>
> The functionality i'm looking for is similar to the functionality in
> PHP:
> include("webpagename.ext");
>
> Im relative new to Informix-programming and not sure if Informix have
> any
> connectivity to anything else than databases.
>
> Plz help
> Peter

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Messages In This Thread

• Including html-pages in scripts
  PETER LANGSETH -- Tuesday, 26 August 2003, at 9:19 a.m.
  • Re: Including html-pages in scripts
    Donald Payne -- Tuesday, 26 August 2003, at 2:13 p.m.
  • SV: Including html-pages in scripts
    Peter Langseth -- Wednesday, 3 September 2003, at 11:34 a.m.
    • Re: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
      paul@oninit.com -- Wednesday, 3 September 2003, at 12:57 p.m.
    • Re: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
      Donald Payne -- Wednesday, 3 September 2003, at 2:40 p.m.
    • SV: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
      Peter Langseth -- Thursday, 4 September 2003, at 11:57 a.m.
      • Re: SV: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
        Donald Payne -- Thursday, 4 September 2003, at 3:14 p.m.
      • Re: SV: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
        paul@oninit.com -- Friday, 5 September 2003, at 12:01 p.m.

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