CGI Error

[brad75]

Hi guys, I'm getting the following error when I hit the submit button on a form I created:

"The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:"

i've checked my path to the perl script and everything seems fine..actually, this form was working fine just a couple of days ago, and something weird happened and threw it off... any help will be very much appreciated.....

 

[danielhozac]

Try adding this line below your shebang line.
print ("Content-Type: text/html\n\n"

//Daniel

 

[brad75]

thanks for ur help Daniel, but the print method is not working for me....i'm using NT/IIS..any more ideas please?

 

[hmerrill]

brad75, I haven't used Perl on NT/IIS before, but I can't believe that "print" doesn't work. I normally don't use the parenthesis - try this:

#!/path/to/perl -w

use strict;
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";

### the rest of your code ###

and see if that does it.

Actually, I think end-of-line is different on NT and Windows - I wonder if you have to give \r\n\r\n at the end of the Content-Type instead of just \n\n.

HTH.
Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, Inc.

http://www.missioncriticallinux.com

 

[brad75]

Hi HTH,
i've added the print statement...i've run the program to check for syntax errors: no errors..i've checked my path, installation, everything seems to be in place, but the THING is still not working....the weird thing about it is: it was working three days ago and all of a sudden I get this error:
"The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:" and it doesn't even mention what 'headers' it's talking about...any more ideas guys??? Eliza Gyampoh
N/L Tech

http://www.nl-tech.com

 

[tsdragon]

If it's on a unix box, make sure that you upload it as ASCII instead of binary. It's an easy mistake to make, and will cause just the problem you mention. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[brad75]

tsdragon, thanx for ur suggestion, but i'm using WIN2K/IIS Eliza Gyampoh
N/L Tech

http://www.nl-tech.com

 

[Guest_imported]

do other perl scripts work properly?

maybe the ISS config is the problem.....

 

[brad75]

I've checked the IIS conf and nothing seems to be wrong....
I'm still getting this error: The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:


here are my first two lines of code: #!D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
print "content-type:text/html\n\n;"
i doubt if the problem is from the coding 'cos i run it and i'm not getting any syntax errors...any more ideas please Eliza Gyampoh
N/L Tech

http://www.nl-tech.com

 

[Grizz2]

If you didn't make a typo in your post then in the Content type line above, the semi colon should be at the end of the line outside the quote.
Grizz2

 

[brad75]

thanx Gritz22, i'll check it out Eliza Gyampoh
N/L Tech

http://www.nl-tech.com

 

[tsdragon]

Also there should be a space after between the colon and the text/html, and I think the word content should be capitalized. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.