Calling CGI scripts with SSI

[Maverick]

I'm trying to insert a cgi guestbook into my site and it doesn't seem to be working. I just keep getting [an error occurred while processing this directive] messages. I'm using the SSI command within Dreamweaver if that's any help. Does it matter if I use the virtual or the file option?

[keith]

<!--exec cgi="program.cgi" -->

[Maverick]

Thanks for the reply, but it's still not working. No errors this time but no guestbook either. Do I have to edit my .htaccess file as well?

[cowax]

Why can't you just link to the cgi prog and place whatever you need into the html of the script?

[keith]

oops, i left the pound sign out up above, this should work:



<!--#exec cgi="program.cgi" -->


if that doesn't work, i don't know what will.

[Niaad]

On my domain, I have to use:



<!--#include virtual="whatever.cgi"-->


Try it if all else fails, I suppose :)

[keith]

well yeah, i use that too for everything else, but i use the #exec cgi command for including cgi scripts.

[Maverick]

Ah ha so that was the problem. It's working perfectly now, thanks. As it turns out (apart from the missing "#") my cgi-bin is knackered. I've got no idea how a cgi-bin can work fine one minute and then be completely useless the next but there you go. In the end I changed hosts and everything worked fine :)

[Maverick]

Hmmm looks like I spoke too soon - now it's not working again. Does anyone know why I'm getting - [an error occurred while processing this directive] messages? Do I have to the file type cgi to my .htaccess file? Is there anything I should be doing?

[Maverick]

Don't worry about it, I figured out what I was doing wrong :)