Problem running Perl scripts with mod_perl from Alias directory

["Billeb, Andrew (ATS, IT)" <An...@thehartford.com>]

Hello mod_perl Gurus,

I'm not sure if this is a mod_perl issue or just an Apache configuration
issue.  Please redirect me if appropriate.

My Configuration:
Apache/2.2.8 (Win32)
Perl: v5.8.8
mod_perl 2.0
I have also followed all the directions through the Registry Scripts
section at: http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/os/win32/config.html

Here's The Problem
I have several Perl scripts and a module in C:/Apache2/cgi-bin/ridhwan/.
Each script has a submit button that will display a new page. All my
scripts work fine when accessed from this type of URL: 

	http://localhost/cgi-bin/ridhwan/script_name.pl 

I would like to use mod_perl to handle these scripts.  So, rather than
set up a new directory on the filesystem, I have put the following in
the httpd.conf file.  Note that it is supposed to remove the /cgi-bin/
part of the path: 
 
Alias /ridhwan/ "C:/Apache2/cgi-bin/ridhwan/" 
<Location /ridhwan> 
   SetHandler perl-script 
   PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry 
   Options +ExecCGI 
   PerlOptions +ParseHeaders 
</Location> 

The result is that when I click on a URL like the following (i.e.
missing the the /cgi-bin/): 

	http://localhost/ridhwan/script_name.pl 

the script displays fine....but clicking the submit button doesn't do
anything....it just redisplays the same page. But it's the *same script*
as in the first link.  It's just being accessed through the alias. So, I
don't understand why it doesn't work.

Any idea what's wrong?

Thanks,
Andrew



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RE: Problem running Perl scripts with mod_perl from Alias directory

["Billeb, Andrew (ATS, IT)" <An...@thehartford.com>]

Thanks Colin....you're right, my wording wasn't great.  

If I click the submit button, the page just resets to the default page.
(To be more clear.....there is a popup_menu and a submit button.  If I
select a value in the popup_menu, and then click submit, the page just
resets to how it appeared before I even selected the value from the
popup_menu.)

Note: The same script works fine when called from the non-alias path.

Thanks,
Andrew

Andrew Billeb | ATS - Config | 860-547-5983 |
andrew.billeb@thehartford.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Wetherbee [mailto:cww@denterprises.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:05 PM
To: Billeb, Andrew (ATS, IT)
Cc: modperl@perl.apache.org
Subject: Re: Problem running Perl scripts with mod_perl from Alias
directory

Billeb, Andrew (ATS, IT) wrote:
> The result is that when I click on a URL like the following (i.e. 
> missing the the /cgi-bin/):
> 
> _http://localhost/ridhwan/script_name.pl_
> 
> the script displays fine....but clicking the submit button doesn't do

> anything....it just redisplays the same page. But it's the *same
> script* as in the first link.  It's just being accessed through the 
> alias. So, I don't understand why it doesn't work.

Could you be more specific here?

For example, "doesn't do anything" and "redisplays the same page" are
contradictory statements.  What exactly happens?

Colin


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Re: Problem running Perl scripts with mod_perl from Alias directory

[Colin Wetherbee <cw...@denterprises.org>]

Billeb, Andrew (ATS, IT) wrote:
> The result is that when I click on a URL like the following (i.e. 
> missing the the /cgi-bin/):
> 
> _http://localhost/ridhwan/script_name.pl_
> 
> the script displays fine….but clicking the submit button doesn't do
>  anything....it just redisplays the same page. But it's the *same
> script* as in the first link.  It's just being accessed through the
> alias. So, I don't understand why it doesn't work.

Could you be more specific here?

For example, "doesn't do anything" and "redisplays the same page" are
contradictory statements.  What exactly happens?

Colin