Nabble - Apache - Asp

Re: newbie question

2008-09-22T14:01:46Z

k0STEk wrote:
> Function HrF (Link, Alt, Group)

Would you be surprised to learn that your newbie question is answered in
the FAQ? http://apache-asp.org/faq.html#VBScript%20or%2007fa600d

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newbie question

2008-09-22T13:09:01Z

Hi!

I have problem running one site using Apache::ASP,

errors from apache log:
[Mon Sep 22 21:48:07 2008] [error] [asp] [9930] [debug] Bareword found
where ope
rator expected at /var/www/gptgruppe/_proced.asp line 4, near ") <-->
\tUrl" <--
>
[Mon Sep 22 21:48:07 2008] [error] [asp] [9930] [debug] \t(Missing
operator befo
re Url?) <-->
[Mon Sep 22 21:48:07 2008] [error] [asp] [9930] [debug] Bareword found
where ope
rator expected at /var/www/gptgruppe/_proced.asp line 5, near ") <-->
\tIf" <-->

[Mon Sep 22 21:48:07 2008] [error] [asp] [9930] [debug] \t(Missing
operator befo
re If?) <-->
[Mon Sep 22 21:48:07 2008] [error] [asp] [9930] [debug] Bareword found
where ope
rator expected at /var/www/gptgruppe/_proced.asp line 20, near "If"
<--> (Migh
t be a runaway multi-line '' string starting on line 6) <-->

the _proced.asp script consist of few functions:
like this:

<%

Function HrF (Link, Alt, Group)
Url = Request.ServerVariables ("URL")
If Url = "/" & Link Or Url = "/gptgruppe/" & Link Then
'If InStr(Url, Left(Link, 5)) <> 0 Then
HrF = "<div class=Dmenu><span>" & Alt & "</span></div>"
Else
HrF = "<div class=Dmenu><a href=" & Link & ""
if isNumeric(group) then HrF = HrF & "
onclick=""doSwitchGroup(" & Group & ");"" "
HrF = HrF & ">" & Alt & "</a></div>"
End If
End Function

Is it possible to fix it.. ??

Best regards
k0stek

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Re: Re: Getting ASP working

2008-09-18T04:12:18Z

<snip>

> So, you can continue trying to make the thing do what it doesn't want to
> do, or you can move web service to a plain old VPS with a default OS
> install. Then you'll find that all the instructions start working,
> because the instructions were written with the assumption that you're
> working with a sane OS.
>
> Initially painful? Oh yes. Better in the long term? Much.

</snip>

FWIW, I second this. I have had several hosting packages which used the
Plesk control panel, which promises Apache::ASP support. Inevitably the
Apache::ASP configuration specified in the read-only vhost.conf file
would be wrong. For example, having PerlSetVar Global /tmp, but not
allowing access to /tmp via FTP, so no easy way to create/edit global.asa

While it was possible to ask the hosting provider to make manual changes
to the vhost configuration files, these changes would get lost every
time they upgraded the systems. Plus there was no way for me to restart
Apache if I made a change to a Perl .pm library.

Now have my own server and not looked back since.

Good luck!

-Chris

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Re: Getting ASP working

2008-09-16T06:56:48Z

Tom wrote:
> I've googled and read for days but I'm still unsure of what I'm missing,
> I had mod-perl 1 which I have now uninstalled and am unable to install
> mod-perl 2 via easyapache3 in WHM (errors out).

This is the problem with these control panels which aim to make things
"easy". It's only easy if you only want to do exactly what they've
already provided. Once you step off their path, you end up fighting the
control panel because they've f'd the base OS stuff up something good.

Me, hard bitten and gun shy? Oh yeah you betcha.

So, you can continue trying to make the thing do what it doesn't want to
do, or you can move web service to a plain old VPS with a default OS
install. Then you'll find that all the instructions start working,
because the instructions were written with the assumption that you're
working with a sane OS.

Initially painful? Oh yes. Better in the long term? Much.

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Getting ASP working

2008-09-15T22:56:09Z

Hi all,

Hello to everyone. :)

I have a WHM/cpanel server running RHEL4 and apache 2.2.

I used to have a working ASP (using cpanels apache-asp.sea (which is now
obsolete)) with apache 1.3 but since upgrading I can't get it working
with 2.2.

I can run asp-perl from shell and asp works but not in the browser.

I've googled and read for days but I'm still unsure of what I'm missing,
I had mod-perl 1 which I have now uninstalled and am unable to install
mod-perl 2 via easyapache3 in WHM (errors out).

This link http://www.apache-asp.org/cgi.html explains how to use
Apache::ASP without mod-perl and I have tried but it only seems to be
for apache 1.

I'm at my wits end.

Can someone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks
tom

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RE: Apache::ASP Installation Issue

2008-08-19T21:01:37Z

Thanks a bunch! I'll get right on these configuration changes, and let you
know how they worked out.

I had a feeling (being so inexperienced with Apache configuration) that it
wasn't even set up. Somehow, being a long-time Windows user, I sort of
expected the installer to take care of basic configuration.

I will definitely look into what global.asa does and where to put it, as
well as how to secure it. Thanks!

<Directory "D:\Xxxxxxx\xxxxxx"> refers to the home directory of my website
(the names were changed to protect the innocent) and they do work.

I will also look into what State.Dir is.

Since this is a Windows box...yes, it's probably using the system user by
default.

Thanks again.

R

-----Original Message-----
From: Warren Young [mailto:warren@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:20 PM
To: Apache-ASP List
Subject: Re: Apache::ASP Installation Issue

Randy wrote:
>
> In the browser, I get the asp script.

That means Apache::ASP isn't even being called for the page, which is an
Apache configuration problem, not a problem with Apache::ASP. (Problems
with Apache::ASP or the ASP pages themselves show up as complaints in
error_log.)

In all of what you posted about your httpd.conf contents, I don't see
that you've actually configured Apache to use Apache::ASP. This is from
the top of the configuration section of the manual:

PerlModule Apache::ASP
<Files ~ (\.asp)>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::ASP
PerlSetVar Global .
PerlSetVar StateDir /tmp/asp
</Files>

I posted something much like it in my initial reply to you. It applies
just as well on Windows as on Linux. Apache is Apache.

> I don't seem to have a global.asa file anywhere on the server.

I don't know that Apache::ASP fails to work without it, but you do want
it. Here's the default one:

http://apache-asp.org/eg/global.asa

Search for global.asa on apache-asp.org for more on what it does.

Also see the documentation for the Global configuration option to see
how to change where global.asa lives:

http://apache-asp.org/config.html#Global

In the snippet above, it appears it's telling Apache::ASP to look in the
same directory as your .asp files, which may not be a good thing if you
want the contents of your global.asa to be secret. You can use the
Global directive to put global.asa outside the document tree, so Apache
won't serve it. Alternately, you can configure Apache to never serve *.asa.

> <Directory "D:\Xxxxxxx\xxxxxx">

Are you sure this section actually works? From the Apache platform
notes for Windows:

> because Apache uses Unix-style names internally, you must use forward
> slashes, not backslashes

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/windows.html

> What is the StateDir? Never heard of it.

It's in the manual: http://apache-asp.org/config.html#StateDir

> By "the httpd user" to whom do you refer?

The user that Apache runs under. It might not be your user account. If
you run it as a Windows service, by default, it runs as the SYSTEM user.

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Re: Apache::ASP Installation Issue

2008-08-19T20:19:41Z

Randy wrote:
>
> In the browser, I get the asp script.

That means Apache::ASP isn't even being called for the page, which is an
Apache configuration problem, not a problem with Apache::ASP. (Problems
with Apache::ASP or the ASP pages themselves show up as complaints in
error_log.)

In all of what you posted about your httpd.conf contents, I don't see
that you've actually configured Apache to use Apache::ASP. This is from
the top of the configuration section of the manual:

PerlModule Apache::ASP
<Files ~ (\.asp)>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::ASP
PerlSetVar Global .
PerlSetVar StateDir /tmp/asp
</Files>

I posted something much like it in my initial reply to you. It applies
just as well on Windows as on Linux. Apache is Apache.

> I don't seem to have a global.asa file anywhere on the server.

I don't know that Apache::ASP fails to work without it, but you do want
it. Here's the default one:

http://apache-asp.org/eg/global.asa

Search for global.asa on apache-asp.org for more on what it does.

Also see the documentation for the Global configuration option to see
how to change where global.asa lives:

http://apache-asp.org/config.html#Global

In the snippet above, it appears it's telling Apache::ASP to look in the
same directory as your .asp files, which may not be a good thing if you
want the contents of your global.asa to be secret. You can use the
Global directive to put global.asa outside the document tree, so Apache
won't serve it. Alternately, you can configure Apache to never serve *.asa.

> <Directory "D:\Xxxxxxx\xxxxxx">

Are you sure this section actually works? From the Apache platform
notes for Windows:

> because Apache uses Unix-style names internally, you must use forward
> slashes, not backslashes

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/windows.html

> What is the StateDir? Never heard of it.

It's in the manual: http://apache-asp.org/config.html#StateDir

> By "the httpd user" to whom do you refer?

The user that Apache runs under. It might not be your user account. If
you run it as a Windows service, by default, it runs as the SYSTEM user.

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RE: Apache::ASP Installation Issue

2008-08-19T18:10:33Z

Sorry for the personal reply. I'm not used to this list yet.

In the browser, I get the asp script.

In the error log, I get nothing. (It seems the server thinks it's cool to
just throw the script out there.)

I don't seem to have a global.asa file anywhere on the server. (Did a search
for it...came up empty.)

Directories:

<Directory "D:\Xxxxxxx\xxxxxx">
Options FollowSymlinks Includes
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

That directory is the "home" directory for my site. It contains index.php
and several other php scripts

<Directory "C:/IndigoPerl/apache/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

That directory is what came pre-installed on IndigoPerl as the "home".
There's nothing there.

<Directory "C:/IndigoPerl/apache/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory "C:/IndigoPerl/php">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

The previous two directories seem to be where Apache is supposed to look for
cgi's or php.exe.

<Directory "C:/IndigoPerl/apache/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI +Includes
</Directory>

That one seems to tell Apache that in htdocs which options to use.

<Directory "C:/IndigoPerl/apache/htdocs">
<IfModule mod_perl.c>
# Files directive is only valid in Directory section
<Files ~ "\.(pl|cgi)$">
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry
Options ExecCGI
allow from all
PerlSendHeader On
</Files>
</IfModule>
</Directory>

That one seems to tell Apache how to handle Perl scripts in the htdocs
directory.

As for permissions, all of the directories above seem to be configured
properly...at least as far as I understand Apache.

What is the StateDir? Never heard of it.

By "the httpd user" to whom do you refer?

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Warren Young [mailto:warren@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:44 PM
To: Apache-ASP List
Subject: Re: Apache::ASP Installation Issue

Redirecting this back to the list. Please don't respond to me
personally. I'm here to support Apache::ASP, not to support you in
particular. :)

Randy wrote:
> It now has Apache::ASP installed on it, but still won't run ASP scripts.

What do you get in the browser?

What do you get in Apache's error log?

What does your global.asa file contain, and where is it?

Can you post the relevant sections of your httpd.conf file, and say what
is in all of the directories it references?

Do all of these directories have appropriate permissions? Especially,
does the StateDir exist, and is it writeable by the httpd user?

> How do I call out a directory, and specify ASP scripts to run in it, in
the
> httpd.conf file? (I think this may be the end of it).

There is an answer, but it's the wrong question. If you configure
Apache::ASP to run on the server as a whole and it doesn't work,
restricting it to a single directory won't make it work.

Once you get ASP working globally, we can talk about tightening it down
to a single directory. Let's not complicate things yet.

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Re: Apache::ASP Installation Issue

2008-08-19T17:44:22Z

Redirecting this back to the list. Please don't respond to me
personally. I'm here to support Apache::ASP, not to support you in
particular. :)

Randy wrote:
> It now has Apache::ASP installed on it, but still won't run ASP scripts.

What do you get in the browser?

What do you get in Apache's error log?

What does your global.asa file contain, and where is it?

Can you post the relevant sections of your httpd.conf file, and say what
is in all of the directories it references?

Do all of these directories have appropriate permissions? Especially,
does the StateDir exist, and is it writeable by the httpd user?

> How do I call out a directory, and specify ASP scripts to run in it, in the
> httpd.conf file? (I think this may be the end of it).

There is an answer, but it's the wrong question. If you configure
Apache::ASP to run on the server as a whole and it doesn't work,
restricting it to a single directory won't make it work.

Once you get ASP working globally, we can talk about tightening it down
to a single directory. Let's not complicate things yet.

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Re: Peculiar $Application problem

2008-08-19T04:16:51Z

O/H Joshua Chamas έγραψε:

> Thanos Chatziathanassiou wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have a rather strange issue:
>> I came across a 102 MB $Application object, which contains several
>> little key => arrayref_value elements.
>> The keys are usually HTTP_USER_AGENTs and the values 2 fairly short
>> strings.
>> I'm using MLDBM::Sync::SDBM_File.
>> Curiously, scalar(keys(%{$Application})) returns just 4 elements and
>> indeed iterating over keys returns only 4.
>> Problem is, when running from the command line on a plain copy, it
>> correctly returns both the number of elements and their keys/values.
>> Any idea what might be wrong ?
>
> Hi Thanos,
>
> From time to time I have found SDBM_File to do odd unreproducible things.
> If you suspect this is true you might run with a different DBM like
> DB_File.
>
> Regards,
>
> Josh

The thing that strikes me is that asking for a particular key works as
expected.
Can I port the stored keys with

tie %A, "SDBM_File", "application", O_RDONLY, 0660;
tie %B, "DB_File", "new/application", O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0660, $DB_HASH ;
%B = %A;
untie %A;
untie %B;

and restart apache ?

Also, GDBM_File looks a little faster than DB_File. Would I want to use
that instead ?

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Re: Apache::ASP Installation Issue

2008-08-18T21:06:34Z

Randy wrote:
> Any suggestions? (other than put it on a xxnix box)

The common wisdom says that Windows is easier to use. In a lot of
cases, this is true.

This is not one of those cases. Apache::ASP is a native of *ix systems,
and so it's far easier to install it there. You usually don't have to
set up Apache, mod_perl, or compilers on a Linux box...they're just
assumed to be there, already working, or at least easy to install. The
lack of this support environment is what you're running into on Windows.

Even if you have an absolute requirement to use Windows for the final
product, I would suggest getting started with Linux first. That will
give you necessary experience with Apache and Apache::ASP which will
help you to understand the Windows instructions.

You don't have to get dedicated hardware for this, or install Linux.
You can download all this, ready to go. First, get VMware Player, here:

http://www.vmware.com/download/player/download.html

Now we need a VM. Download VA-LAMP-vmware-*.zip from:

http://virtualappliances.net/download/vmware/

This VM is set up for basic Apache serving already. There are several
more steps required to add Apache::ASP support, but all are easy. It
might take 15 minutes, all told.

0. Install VMware Player. It wants to reboot the host machine, but it
isn't really necessary.

1. Extract the contents of the VM zip file to the place you want the VM
to live. You'll need 2.5 GB of disk space.

2. Open the VA-LAMP folder and double-click the VA-LAMP.vmx file you
find inside. This will start the VM in VMware Player.

3. After the VM boots -- it won't take long! -- you'll see it report the
IP address that your LAN's DHCP server assigned it. Write it down. For
the sake of the discussion below, we'll say it's 192.168.0.42

4. Put that IP address into a web browser to test that the VM is
working. You should see the VM's welcome page.

5. Say Start > Run and put \\192.168.0.42\wwwroot into the Open field
and hit Enter. This will connect to the directory holding the content
being served from the VM by Apache. Log in as admin/admin when
prompted. You should see index.html. Delete it, or move it off the VM.

6. Now we have to create the new Apache configuration file, and it's
easier to do it in Windows and transfer it over, rather than transcribe
it into the VM directly. You'll need a Unix-aware text editor for this.
If you don't have one, I can recommend Notepad++, which is free:

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/

Paste the text below into a new text file, adjusting the first two lines
as desired. If you're using Notepad++, say Format > Convert to UNIX
Format. Then save it out as \\192.168.0.42\wwwroot\asp.conf to write a
copy of the new configuration file to the VM's virtual hard disk.

-------------- 8< ---------- cut here --------- 8< -------------

ServerAdmin your@...
ServerName my-first-apache-asp-server
DocumentRoot /var/www/html

<Directory "/var/www/html">
Allow from all
AllowOverride None
DirectoryIndex index.asp
Options FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
</Directory>

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
PerlModule Apache::ASP

<Files ~ (\.asp)>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::ASP
PerlSetVar Global /var/www/html
PerlSetVar StateDir /tmp/asp
</Files>
</IfModule>

-------------- 8< ---------- cut here --------- 8< -------------

7. Click back into the VMware Player window, log in as root/root, and
give the following commands to set up Apache. First, we'll blow away
the default Apache config and put our new one in its place:

# cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
# rm *
# mv /var/www/html/asp.conf ../sites-available
# ln -s ../sites-available/asp.conf .

We've started with a minimal VM, so we don't have the C compilers and
such on the system yet. Let's go get 'em:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install build-essential

Now we need to set up CPAN:

# cpan

Answer the configuration questions, accepting all defaults.

Now we can install Apache::ASP and its prerequisites:

cpan> install Bundle::Apache::ASP
cpan> exit

Now, the clincher: we need to restart Apache, to load our new configuration:

# apache2ctl restart

This should run quickly and silently. It if complains, you did
something incorrect above.

9. Pop out of the VM (Ctrl-Alt), open your Unix-aware text editor again,
ensure it's in Unix line ending mode, and write this:

<% print "Hello, world!" %>

Save it out as \\192.168.0.42\wwwroot\index.asp and hit the refresh
button in your web browser. The page should change to say "Hello,
world!" If so, congratulations, Apache::ASP is working. Continue on
with the examples at http://apache-asp.org/eg/

If all of this is too much for you to deal with, best just use Windows'
own flavor of ASP.

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Apache::ASP Installation Issue

2008-08-18T16:26:51Z

I’m running Windows Server 2003, with Apache (IndigoApache) which has mod_perl installed (not configured…I don’t know how/where to start) and have tried repeatedly to install Apache::ASP via CPAN.

The installation always errors out at the same point, and goes something like this:

cpan> install Apache::ASP

Running install for module ‘Apache::ASP’

Running make for C/CH/ChAMAS/Apache-ASP-2.61.tar.gz

Has already been unwrapped into directory C: \INDIGO~1\perl\cpan\build\Apache-ASP-2.61-sF3vmC

Could not make: Unknown error

Warning <usually harmless>: ‘YAML’ not installed, will not store persistent state

Running make test

Can’t test without successful make

Running make install

Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

Anyway, that’s what I usually get back, and have no idea how to correct it.

I’ve been to http://www.apache-asp.org/install.html for directions...they seem like they were written in another language, and refer to directories that don’t exist on my machine…I’ve been to the Yahoo groups, but none of the posts seem to reflect my situation, and the questions regarding installation on Windows seem to go unanswered, and I’ve even been to the IRC channel, but there was an increidble lag between asking a question and getting a reply (I was there for 5 hours, and got only two questions asked in reply to my first question).

I really need help getting this done, and have no idea where else to ask, or even who to ask for that matter.

Any suggestions? (other than put it on a xxnix box)

Peculiar $Application problem

2008-08-06T13:05:57Z

Hi list,

I have a rather strange issue:
I came across a 102 MB $Application object, which contains several
little key => arrayref_value elements.
The keys are usually HTTP_USER_AGENTs and the values 2 fairly short strings.
I'm using MLDBM::Sync::SDBM_File.
Curiously, scalar(keys(%{$Application})) returns just 4 elements and
indeed iterating over keys returns only 4.
Problem is, when running from the command line on a plain copy, it
correctly returns both the number of elements and their keys/values.
Any idea what might be wrong ?

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Fwd: how to install APACHE::ASP on windows plantform

2008-06-11T07:39:19Z

I recommend using XAMPP with the Perl add-on:

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

----- Original Message -----
From: 刘书强
Date: Thursday, June 5, 2008 10:42 pm
Subject: how to install APACHE::ASP on windows plantform
To: asp@...

> hello everyone ,I want to install APACHE::ASP on windows but
> failed ,can
> u help me,please?
>

how to install APACHE::ASP on windows plantform

2008-06-05T19:41:31Z

hello everyone ,I want to install APACHE::ASP on windows but failed ,can u help me,please?

Re: Peculiar problem with CompressGzip

2008-05-09T04:03:53Z

O/H Warren Young έγραψε:
> Thanos Chatziathanassiou wrote:
>>
>> enable CompressGzip on that specific directory.
>
> What happens if you use mod_deflate instead?
Interesting question, but since it's a static build, I'd have to
recompile apache to find that out.
I'd rather not do that right now, unless we're all out of ideas.

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Re: Peculiar problem with CompressGzip

2008-05-08T18:17:03Z

Thanos Chatziathanassiou wrote:
>
> enable CompressGzip on that specific directory.

What happens if you use mod_deflate instead?

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Peculiar problem with CompressGzip

2008-05-08T06:49:44Z

Hi list,

I have a virtual host that produces plain XML (no XSLT needed, defined
or used).
The resulting files are quite large, so I thought I'd save some
bandwidth and enable CompressGzip on that specific directory.
There was no error 500, just some garbled output. I could make out some
``Can't upgrade that kind of scalar'' messages in the output, but apache
registered status 200 even for the (obviously) failed hits.

The only configuration directive that seemed to make a difference was:
<Directory /blah/blah/rdfs>
PerlSetVar CompressGzip 1
</Directory>
Removing this resulted in the files being sent as they were supposed to.

Best Regards,
Thanos Chatziathanassiou

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Re: APACHE::ASP Tutorial

2008-02-12T03:35:36Z

Bruno Marcucci wrote:

Hi,
I already did anything to try to install ASP into APACHE. In CPAN
shows that everything is installed, but nothing works. Can you help
me?

R,
Bruno Marcucci

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i saw your quote and so i got the information regarding your query on the net.
Just check out the below url.it consist of step by step process of installation of asp in Apache.

http://www.apache-asp.org/install.html

Hope this will defianetly help you out.

Thank you
Jitesh
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Re: peculiar error (?)

2007-11-27T08:32:03Z

Joshua Chamas wrote:

> Thanos Chatziathanassiou wrote:
>> Since yesterday, apache keeps spitting stuff like this in its error log:
>> ---snip---
>> compilation error: file unknown-000437603808 element output
>> invalid value for method: HTML
>> ---snip---
>> without further info.
>> The error message is always like this, with only the
>> ``unknown-XXXXXXXXXXXX'' part different. Comparing this to the
>> access.log doesn't reveal any erred requests, i.e. all entries around
>> that time are 200's or 304's.
>> The lack of a timestamp on the message does not make me very
>> confident about the no-errors part, but this is as far as I could see.
>>
>> Anyone know who/what might by emitting these messages (google did
>> return something about HTML::FormValidator::Results and HTML::Lint,
>> but I'm not using either) ?
>>
>>
>> Thanos Chatziathanassiou
>>
>
> Its pretty odd.
>
> The only references to this I find are libxml and libxslt using by
> XML::LibXML
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=kgF&q=%22compilation+error%3A+file+unknown%22+element+output&btnG=Search
>
>
> You might be using XSLT functionality with Apache::ASP?

You're right, I am. After several adventures with XML::Sablotron, I
switched to XML::LibXML for our XSLT needs, mainly due to better error
handling/reporting.
It might be faster too, but not so much as to be noticeable.
Still, I've run into quite few problems getting both of them and their
respective perl modules to work.
(e.g. if you recall ``XML::LibXSLT violent death'' from 29/03/2007)
I have upgraded to apache-1.3.39 with mod_perl/1.30 recently...maybe
this has something to do with. I'll investigate further and report my
findings.
Thanks for the tip.

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Re: peculiar error (?)

2007-11-26T23:45:02Z

Thanos Chatziathanassiou wrote:

> Since yesterday, apache keeps spitting stuff like this in its error log:
> ---snip---
> compilation error: file unknown-000437603808 element output
> invalid value for method: HTML
> ---snip---
> without further info.
> The error message is always like this, with only the
> ``unknown-XXXXXXXXXXXX'' part different. Comparing this to the
> access.log doesn't reveal any erred requests, i.e. all entries around
> that time are 200's or 304's.
> The lack of a timestamp on the message does not make me very confident
> about the no-errors part, but this is as far as I could see.
>
> Anyone know who/what might by emitting these messages (google did return
> something about HTML::FormValidator::Results and HTML::Lint, but I'm not
> using either) ?
>
>
> Thanos Chatziathanassiou
>

Its pretty odd.

The only references to this I find are libxml and libxslt using by XML::LibXML

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=kgF&q=%22compilation+error%3A+file+unknown%22+element+output&btnG=Search

You might be using XSLT functionality with Apache::ASP? Maybe there
is libxml used in your apache somewhere else?

Regards,

Josh

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peculiar error (?)

2007-11-26T11:46:52Z

Since yesterday, apache keeps spitting stuff like this in its error log:
---snip---
compilation error: file unknown-000437603808 element output
invalid value for method: HTML
---snip---
without further info.
The error message is always like this, with only the
``unknown-XXXXXXXXXXXX'' part different. Comparing this to the
access.log doesn't reveal any erred requests, i.e. all entries around
that time are 200's or 304's.
The lack of a timestamp on the message does not make me very confident
about the no-errors part, but this is as far as I could see.

Anyone know who/what might by emitting these messages (google did return
something about HTML::FormValidator::Results and HTML::Lint, but I'm not
using either) ?

Thanos Chatziathanassiou

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Re: saving decoded unicode value to Session causes error

2007-08-30T01:46:51Z

Hi Richard!
First of all i need to apologize:
It is possible that i gave you a bad advice.
I am not a Apache::ASP developer, just a user that is monitoring the list
to follow the development (if any is making place ,i hope :) ) and
I have tried to help .As NOT a developer i hope it is allowed for me to make
mistakes.

I will try to explain :
If you setup your server and/or application to send the header saying that the
data is utf8 encoded then what you get from client will also be utf8 encoded.
That IS right .So,if you just use
$Request->Form()
to get the data posted you will get the utf8 encoded data and you probably
WILL be fine ,the same as i have said in the prev. reply.
However there IS a problem:
The string you will get from $Request object although utf8 encoded will NOT be
marked as utf8 encoded .In other words - you get the data fine and if you for example
store it in DBMS you are fine,but perl does not know that it is utf8 encoded.For
perl the data is just an array of bytes
Why does it matter for perl to mark strings as utf8?If you try to use regular expr.
or some string functions (like length ,i think) it may not work because perl will
assume to be character 8 bit long which not always true for utf8.
So ,my advise of just NOT using Encode::decode_utf8 may cause actually problems
if you try to do some processing on the data you get.
Actually, i personally do exactly what i have advised to you :
Taking the data just like i get it from $Request and store it.
In the rare cases when i need to do some processing one the localized
data (like regular expressions match ) i am marking it as utf8.

> Hmm, I thought that perhaps it was something with Apache::ASP, and
> that SDBM_File would be a dependency that was being passed bad data?

I have made a test and it worked just fine,here is the code:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method=post>
<input type=text name=v>
<input type=submit>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%

use Encode;
my $v=Encode::decode_utf8($Request->Form('v'));
$Session->{v}=$v;
print $Session->{v};
%>

I am also using SDBM_File .Thought i am obviously have another version of perl :(
Why i think that this an SDBM issue?
The error you are getting :
"Wide character in subroutine entry"
means that you are trying to output/call function with wide utf8 character
while this file handler is not setup to get this kind of data .
A quick google search for "MLDBM utf8" approves this. :(
So i guess you need a workaround or just try to use another DBM.

> I suppose I misunderstood the purpose of this <meta> tag...so not
> only output, but inputs get encoded as UTF-8 here?  Cool stuff....

Sometimes the meta tag get ignored and you need the header,also make sure your
server does not send such a header by his own (Apache sometimes does).

> When, then, would I need to use decode_utf8?  I suppose it's for file-
> reading or command-line input then?

If you need perl to know it is  utf8  ,such as some of string manipulations.
Again,You may also try another DBM ,change your StateDB setting .
Maybe this is the best solution .
Evgeny.

Re: Ugg... Newbie install probs....

2007-08-29T17:57:53Z

Reuben Avery wrote:
> [Wed Aug 29 13:39:09 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Can't locate
> object method "request" via package "Apache" at
> /Library/Perl/5.8.6/Apache/ASP.pm line 165.\n

Look for this error in the mailing list archives. It's easy to find.

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Ugg... Newbie install probs....

2007-08-29T14:43:31Z

Ugg... Newbie install probs.... Hi all,

Hoping to get some help here..

I have Apache 2.2.4, Mod_perl 2.0.3, and Perl 5.8.6 (running on Mac OS X 10.4.10)

The relevant portion of my httpd.conf:

LoadModule perl_module        modules/mod_perl.so
<IfModule mod_perl.c>
    PerlModule Apache::ASP
    <Files ~ (\.asp)>
        SetHandler perl-script
        PerlHandler Apache::ASP
        PerlSetVar Global .
        PerlSetVar StateDir /var/tmp/asp
    </Files>
</IfModule>

And, so, any .asp page I request gets a 500 server error with this in the error_log:
[Wed Aug 29 13:39:09 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Can't locate object method "request" via package "Apache" at /Library/Perl/5.8.6/Apache/ASP.pm line 165.\n

Oh, thank you thank you for any help... sigh :(

~reuben

Re: saving decoded unicode value to Session causes error

2007-08-29T09:20:08Z

On Aug 29, 2007, at 12:28 AM, Tsirkin Evgeny wrote:

> It looks like that SDBM_File file handler or something else in it's
> internals does not
> know that you are storing (writing) utf8 records into it.
> I don't know how to force it to know this :( maybe some SDBM_File
> expert here
> will know.
Hmm, I thought that perhaps it was something with Apache::ASP, and
that SDBM_File would be a dependency that was being passed bad data?

> However the workaround for this is to NOT mark the string you get
> as utf8 i.e.
> don't do Encode::decode_utf8. Just set your pages/server to send to
> the browser
> header saying that you need utf8 as request charset and you will be
> fine.
>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
> will do this or
> $Response->AddHeader()

I suppose I misunderstood the purpose of this <meta> tag...so not
only output, but inputs get encoded as UTF-8 here? Cool stuff....
When, then, would I need to use decode_utf8? I suppose it's for file-
reading or command-line input then?

> What this solution does NOT do - it does not validate the input to
> be legal utf8.
True. Will keep that in mind.

> But most of the time you will be fine.
> Hope this helps.
> Evgeny
Thanks!
--Richard

>
>
> On 8/29/07, Richard Yen <dba@...> wrote: Hi,
>
> Wondering if anyone has ever encountered this issue.
>
> Trying to internationalize my site, so at every input, I pass it
> through Encode::decode_utf8.
>
> However, when I attempt to put the values into Session, I get the
> following message:
> > Errors Output
> > Wide character in subroutine entry at /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/
> > 5.8.7/MLDBM/Sync/SDBM_File.pm line 80, <GEN10> line 21. , /usr/
> > local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/Apache/ASP.pm line 1521
> > Debug Output
> > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at ../global/lib/
> > lib_filesystem.pm line 41.
> > Using an array as a reference is deprecated at ../global/lib/
> > lib_peer_review.pm line 389, line 21.
> > Wide character in subroutine entry at /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/
> > 5.8.7/MLDBM/Sync/SDBM_File.pm line 80, line 21. , /usr/local/perl/
> > lib/site_perl/5.8.7/Apache/ASP.pm line 1521
>
> An example is if I use the capital Omega character (option-z on mac
> keyboard), this error occurs when attempting to store into Session:
>
> > my $secret_answer = Encode::decode_utf8($main::Request->Form
> > ('secret_answer'));
> > $main::Session->{secret_answer} = $secret_answer;
>
> I've discovered that if I put the decoded value into a hash, and then
> put the hash into Session, it behaves normally. Also, if I don't
> decode at all, it behaves normally also.
>
> Would anyone know why this happens, or how to fix it?
>
> Thanks!
> --Richard
>
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Re: saving decoded unicode value to Session causes error

2007-08-29T01:28:10Z

It looks like that SDBM_File file handler or something else in it's internals does not
know that you are storing (writing) utf8 records into it.
I don't know how to force it to know this :( maybe some SDBM_File expert here
will know.
However the workaround for this is to NOT mark the string you get as utf8 i.e.
don't do Encode::decode_utf8. Just set your pages/server to send to the browser
header saying that you need utf8 as request charset and you will be fine.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
will do this or
$Response->AddHeader()

What this solution does NOT do - it does not validate the input to be legal utf8.
But most of the time you will be fine.
Hope this helps.
Evgeny

On 8/29/07, Richard Yen <dba@...> wrote:

Hi,

Wondering if anyone has ever encountered this issue.

Trying to internationalize my site, so at every input, I pass it
through Encode::decode_utf8.

However, when I attempt to put the values into Session, I get the
following message:

> Errors Output
> Wide character in subroutine entry at /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/
> 5.8.7/MLDBM/Sync/SDBM_File.pm line 80, <GEN10> line 21. , /usr/
> local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/Apache/ASP.pm line 1521
> Debug Output
> Use of uninitialized value in string ne at ../global/lib/
> lib_filesystem.pm line 41.
> Using an array as a reference is deprecated at ../global/lib/
> lib_peer_review.pm line 389, line 21.
> Wide character in subroutine entry at /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/
> 5.8.7/MLDBM/Sync/SDBM_File.pm line 80, line 21. , /usr/local/perl/
> lib/site_perl/5.8.7/Apache/ASP.pm line 1521

An example is if I use the capital Omega character (option-z on mac
keyboard), this error occurs when attempting to store into Session:

> my $secret_answer = Encode::decode_utf8($main::Request->Form
> ('secret_answer'));
> $main::Session->{secret_answer} = $secret_answer;

I've discovered that if I put the decoded value into a hash, and then
put the hash into Session, it behaves normally. Also, if I don't
decode at all, it behaves normally also.

Would anyone know why this happens, or how to fix it?

Thanks!
--Richard

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saving decoded unicode value to Session causes error

2007-08-28T17:19:15Z

Hi,

Wondering if anyone has ever encountered this issue.

Trying to internationalize my site, so at every input, I pass it
through Encode::decode_utf8.

However, when I attempt to put the values into Session, I get the
following message:

> Errors Output
> Wide character in subroutine entry at /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/
> 5.8.7/MLDBM/Sync/SDBM_File.pm line 80, <GEN10> line 21. , /usr/
> local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/Apache/ASP.pm line 1521
> Debug Output
> Use of uninitialized value in string ne at ../global/lib/
> lib_filesystem.pm line 41.
> Using an array as a reference is deprecated at ../global/lib/
> lib_peer_review.pm line 389, line 21.
> Wide character in subroutine entry at /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/
> 5.8.7/MLDBM/Sync/SDBM_File.pm line 80, line 21. , /usr/local/perl/
> lib/site_perl/5.8.7/Apache/ASP.pm line 1521

An example is if I use the capital Omega character (option-z on mac
keyboard), this error occurs when attempting to store into Session:

> my $secret_answer = Encode::decode_utf8($main::Request->Form
> ('secret_answer'));
> $main::Session->{secret_answer} = $secret_answer;

I've discovered that if I put the decoded value into a hash, and then
put the hash into Session, it behaves normally. Also, if I don't
decode at all, it behaves normally also.

Would anyone know why this happens, or how to fix it?

Thanks!
--Richard

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Re: ASP script shown in the web browser

2007-08-24T10:58:25Z

Hi Shirley,

most important are the following directives in the
vhost-/ or httpd- config file:

...
PerlModule Apache::ASP

<FilesMatch ".*\.asp">
SetHandler perl-script
PerlResponseHandler Apache::ASP
...

Checkout if these lines are present, if yes -
and the server starts without complaining ! -
and it still does not work, please post the relevant section
of your httpd.conf (or vhost.conf).

Helmut

(I am on vacation for one week, so someone else might help you in this case)

Shirley Mayadewi schrieb:

> *Hi,*
> **
> I am trying to build the Apache Web Server (Apache-ASP-2.59 with
> apache_1.3.37) with mod_perl ( mod_perl-1.30 ) and mod_ssl ( mod_ssl-
> 2.8.28-1.3.37 ) in Linux (Fedora Core 6). I have followed the instructions
> under *Build Apache and mod_perl* and *Quick Start.* Basically, after I put
> all the source codes for apache, mod_ssl, and mod_perl under make_httpd
> folder, I just ran ./build_httpds.sh and it was completed with no errors.
>
> But after I start apache and test the examples in the folder
> $DOCUMENT_ROOT/asp/site/eg, it doesn't work. The ASP script is still shown
> in the browser. Can anyone give me any suggestions what I should try?
> Thanks.
>
> S
>
>

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Re: Apache ASP question - RedHat Linux - Plesk8.2

2007-08-23T18:28:14Z

I have placed test.asp in the httpdocs folder with file permissions set to 755. HTML and PHP files are loading without any problems from inside this folder.

I've posted on the swsoft forum but have had no response. I can see that the apache asp module "appears" to be installed because the option to enable/disable apache asp support is on the Plesk Control Panel.

Just wondering where to look, how to test and whether apache asp has been correctly installed by plesk.

Warren Young wrote:

hc_andy wrote:
>
> I've created a sample "test.asp" (code below)

Where did you put it? What are the permissions on the file? What
happens if you copy it to test.html and replace the Write() call with
plain old static text?

> To get plesk/apache to display .asp pages, do
> I have to enable something somewhere

Plesk being Plesk, it should just work once you've installed the module.

If it doesn't, it can be a mess to find out why not, because Plesk likes
to create alternate copies of configuration files in odd locations which
it uses instead of the standard copy, which it leaves in place just to
confuse you. The only solution to this is to stop using Plesk and go
old school. (I am speaking as one who is strongly considering changing
hosting providers for this very reason.)

> <html>
> <body>
> <%
> $Response->Write("Hello, world!");
> %>
> </body>
> </html>

The syntax of your test file is fine. The problem lies elsewhere.

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Re: Apache ASP question - RedHat Linux - Plesk8.2

2007-08-23T14:24:27Z

hc_andy wrote:
>
> I've created a sample "test.asp" (code below)

Where did you put it? What are the permissions on the file? What
happens if you copy it to test.html and replace the Write() call with
plain old static text?

> To get plesk/apache to display .asp pages, do
> I have to enable something somewhere

Plesk being Plesk, it should just work once you've installed the module.

If it doesn't, it can be a mess to find out why not, because Plesk likes
to create alternate copies of configuration files in odd locations which
it uses instead of the standard copy, which it leaves in place just to
confuse you. The only solution to this is to stop using Plesk and go
old school. (I am speaking as one who is strongly considering changing
hosting providers for this very reason.)

> <html>
> <body>
> <%
> $Response->Write("Hello, world!");
> %>
> </body>
> </html>

The syntax of your test file is fine. The problem lies elsewhere.

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ASP script shown in the web browser

2007-08-23T10:02:21Z

Hi,

I am trying to build the Apache Web Server (Apache-ASP-2.59 with apache_1.3.37) with mod_perl ( mod_perl-1.30 ) and mod_ssl ( mod_ssl-2.8.28-1.3.37 ) in Linux (Fedora Core 6). I have followed the instructions under Build Apache and mod_perl and Quick Start. Basically, after I put all the source codes for apache, mod_ssl, and mod_perl under make_httpd folder, I just ran ./build_httpds.sh and it was completed with no errors.

But after I start apache and test the examples in the folder $DOCUMENT_ROOT/asp/site/eg, it doesn't work. The ASP script is still shown in the browser. Can anyone give me any suggestions what I should try? Thanks.

Apache ASP question - RedHat Linux - Plesk8.2

2007-08-22T21:46:01Z

Hi There,

I'm new to plesk and web administration and have a simple asp question to ask.

Is there a way I can test that Apache ASP is working properly on our install of Plesk 8.2 under Redhat Linux?

Platform: psa8.2.0/RedHatel3
perl-Apache-ASP: 2.57-rhel3.build82070706.15

This is the line about asp in the /conf/httpd.include file for the domain I'm testing with.

<Files ~ (\.asp$)>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::ASP
PerlSetVar Global /tmp
</Files>

I've created a sample "test.asp" (code below) but when I bring it up it on Internet Explorer I get "The page cannot be displayed" message (on Firefox it just returns a blank page). To get plesk/apache to display .asp pages, do I have to enable something somewhere - if so where is this done on plesk/apache?

test.asp

<html>
<body>
<%
$Response->Write("Hello, world!");
%>
</body>
</html>

Thanks.

Andy

Re: apache::asp maintenance

2007-08-17T05:43:13Z

Joshua Chamas wrote:
>
> I plan to push another release in the next couple of weeks

Did you mean to type "months"? >:)

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Re: Request object API change request

2007-07-25T05:23:10Z

The subroutine should read:

sub user {
my $user = shift;
# $this->{r} is Apache request object
$this->{r}->$Response->{r}->user($user) if (defined $user);
return $this->{r}->$Response->{r}->user();
}

Niels van Dijke wrote:

> All,
>
> Can we have the following code added to Apache::ASP $Request object?
> This will allow you to add Cookie based user name logging to Apache's
> access log.
>
> # Set a username (will end up in Apache access log)
> $Request->user($Session->{user});
>
> # Get username registered so far
> my $user = $Request->user();
>
> The method subroutine of the $Request object would be something like:
>
> sub user {
> my $user = shift;
> # $this->{r} is Apache request object
> $this->{r}->$Response->{r}->user($user) if (defined $user);
> return $this->{r}->$Response->{r}->user($user);
> }
>
> Regard,
> Niels
>
>
>
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