Re: WebCatalog can't find database
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texte = >>I'm trying to implement a site on the WebCatalog 2.0 beta, but I cannot>>get the CGI to find the database file.>>I forgot to ask -- are you accessing the templates using WebCatalog as an>ACTION, or directly using CGI-style?>>I found a bug in b8 today that causes CGI-style to not find templates or>databases.>>1) /webcatalog/classifieds.tmpl works>2)>/webcatalog/webcatalog.acgi$showpage?template=/webcatalog/classifieds.tmpl>does not>>I should have a fix out soon. The workaround for now is to use>ACTION-style commands.I switched everything over from CGI-style commands to ACTION-stylecommands, so I've added .tmpl suffixes to all my forms, and I've changedall the template references in the forms to work with ACTION-stylecommands. I'm not using any CGI-style commands anymore, because the newformat is a lot easier to deal with ... and it's going to make it possiblefor me to switch from the CGI to the plugin if I need to, without makingany changes in my forms, right?Sincerely,Ken
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>>I'm trying to implement a site on the WebCatalog 2.0 beta, but I cannot>>get the CGI to find the database file.>>I forgot to ask -- are you accessing the templates using WebCatalog as an>ACTION, or directly using CGI-style?>>I found a bug in b8 today that causes CGI-style to not find templates or>databases.>>1) /webcatalog/classifieds.tmpl works>2)>/webcatalog/webcatalog.acgi$showpage?template=/webcatalog/classifieds.tmpl>does not>>I should have a fix out soon. The workaround for now is to use>ACTION-style commands.I switched everything over from CGI-style commands to ACTION-stylecommands, so I've added .tmpl suffixes to all my forms, and I've changedall the template references in the forms to work with ACTION-stylecommands. I'm not using any CGI-style commands anymore, because the newformat is a lot easier to deal with ... and it's going to make it possiblefor me to switch from the CGI to the plugin if I need to, without makingany changes in my forms, right?Sincerely,Ken
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