cgi does not do "save stack"

Wed Sep 10 17:07:01 EDT 2003

> 
> > I am able to do all kind of nifty things in my cgi tests, but I am 
> > unable to save a stack, no matter how I try it. Is there a bug, or must 
> > I just save differently then in the normal environment? Maybe it's 
> > because I use the metacard engine?
> > 
> > cgi script below:
> > #!mc
> > on startup
> >    open stack "guestbook"
> >    read from stdin until empty
> >    if it <> empty then
> >      put urldecode(it) into data
> >      split data by "&" and "="
> >      go to last card
> >      create card
> >      put the short internet date into field "date"
> >      put data["name"] into field "name"
> >      put data["text"] into field "entry"
> >      replace return with "<br>" in field "entry"
> >    end if
> >    put  "Content-Type: text/html" & crlf & crlf
> >    put "<html><head><title>You are on my iBook! @ 
> > bvg.kicks-ass.org</title></head><body bgcolor=" & quote & "148D00" & 
> > quote & ">"
> >    repeat with x = the number of cards down to 1
> >      go to card x
> >      put "<p>date:<br>"  & field "date"
> >      put "<br>name:<br>"  & field "name"
> >      put "<br>text:<br>" & field "entry" & "</p><hr>"
> >    end repeat
> >    put "</body>"
> >    save stack "guestbook" --does not work!!
> >    close stack "guestbook"
> > end startup
> > 
> 
> Hi Björnke,
> 
> I think that it's no way to save a stack without opening it, directly,
> in graphical mode.
> 
Not quite true. You can save a stack but you have to ensure that it's got the correct write permissions. You probably want it set to 775 or something.

Cheers

Monte