How do I get a cgi link on my page when page is pulled up instead of having to click

gregory_45 posted this at 18:27 — 28th February 2000.

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What HTML tag do I use to get a cgi script to run when the page is first pulled up? I have different messages appear each time the page is viewed.

joshuac posted this at 19:23 — 28th February 2000.

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You can use SSI to have the output of a CGI script displayed on your page.

code:

<!--#exec cgi="scriptname.cgi?name=value" -->[/code]

This will include the output of scriptname.cgi.  Depending on your host, you may have to change the files from .html to .shtml.

For a more comprehensive explanation of SSI go to http://www.useforesite.com/tut_ssi.shtm 


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 it cannot be defined or explained,
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"The way that can be told is not the eternal,
it cannot be defined or explained,
it can only be experienced..." Ashida Kim

gregory_45 posted this at 23:43 — 28th February 2000.

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I just found out the my server doesn't support SSI...back to the drawing board...any other ways?

Orpheus posted this at 03:39 — 29th February 2000.

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yep
<script src="CGI_URL.PL"></script>