Re: CGI and SSI

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 45416
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texte = Tim Robinson wrote: > SSI stands for Server Side Include. These are basically tags associated with your webserver. Standard SSIs being for date, include file (in the form ), and counters all of which can be done with WebDNA. > > CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. I believe it usually refers to CGI scripts created in Perl to control forms actions, but I've heard a lot of people talking about CGI as any middleware app. So by that definition, WebDNA is CGI... probably depends on who publishes your geek dictionary.... Thanks Tim, I can use those descriptions. It doesn't answer my main question, though The Online Computing Dictionary at http://www.instantweb.com/ defines SSI as: The facility provided by several HTTP servers, e.g. NCSA httpd, to replace certain HTML tags in one HTML file with the contents of another file at the time when the file is sent out by the server, i.e. an HTML macro.and CGI as: A standard for running external programs from a World-Wide Web HTTP server. CGI specifies how to pass arguments to the executing program as part of the HTTP request. It also defines a set of environment variables. Commonly, the program will generate some HTML which will be passed back to the browser but it can also request URL redirection.WebDNA does everything you'd expect from a SSI from a CGI application, but the way it works, doesn't seem to fit the strict definitions. So is it proper to use those two terms when we're talking about WebDNA?Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: CGI and SSI (Dan Strong 2002)
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  3. Re: CGI and SSI (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  4. Re: CGI and SSI (Alan White 2002)
  5. Re: CGI and SSI (Tim Robinson 2002)
  6. Re: CGI and SSI (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  7. Re: CGI and SSI (Tim Robinson 2002)
  8. CGI and SSI (Frank Nordberg 2002)
Tim Robinson wrote: > SSI stands for Server Side Include. These are basically tags associated with your webserver. Standard SSIs being for date, include file (in the form ), and counters all of which can be done with WebDNA. > > CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. I believe it usually refers to CGI scripts created in Perl to control forms actions, but I've heard a lot of people talking about CGI as any middleware app. So by that definition, WebDNA is CGI... probably depends on who publishes your geek dictionary.... Thanks Tim, I can use those descriptions. It doesn't answer my main question, though The Online Computing Dictionary at http://www.instantweb.com/ defines SSI as: The facility provided by several HTTP servers, e.g. NCSA httpd, to replace certain HTML tags in one HTML file with the contents of another file at the time when the file is sent out by the server, i.e. an HTML macro.and CGI as: A standard for running external programs from a World-Wide Web HTTP server. CGI specifies how to pass arguments to the executing program as part of the HTTP request. It also defines a set of environment variables. Commonly, the program will generate some HTML which will be passed back to the browser but it can also request URL redirection.WebDNA does everything you'd expect from a SSI from a CGI application, but the way it works, doesn't seem to fit the strict definitions. So is it proper to use those two terms when we're talking about WebDNA?Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Frank Nordberg

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