mc & cgi: limiting users to one visit

[andu]

Nikorasu Kweto wrote:
> 
> Andu (thankfully!) wrote:
> 
> > That's right, you can keep track of the global $REMOTE_ADDRESS such as
> >
> > on startup
> > put $REMOTE_ADDRESS into userAddress
> 
> Sorry but this didn't work.
> 
> Here's the relevant portion of my script:
> 
> -------------
> #!mc
> global userAddress
> 
> on startup
>   if $REQUEST_METHOD is "POST" then
>    put $REMOTE_ADDRESS into userAddress

This should be $REMOTE_ADDR not $REMOTE_ADDRESS, my mistake and Apache's
inconsistency.

>    read from stdin until empty
>    put it after buffer
>   end if
> 
>  put buffer & cr & userAddres into tData
>  put tData into url "file:results.txt"
> 
>   -- etc etc
> end startUp
> --------------
> 
> I tried re-positioning the $REMOTE_ADDRESS elsewhere in the script, but
> always only "buffer" gets writ onto the file (plus a cr).
> 
> Any idea where I've gone amiss?
> 
> Cheers.
> 
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