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tadpole · 2012-11-01, 08:10 AM

At last!!! The script is working! ecchi, thank you so much for all your help, and your time. Without it I would never have got to this stage.

I am really hacked off with this hosting provider, as I kept thinking I was making an error yet could not spot it.

Here is the reply I received from them :-

Thank you for taking the time to reply, and for providing your PIN. It appears you had added a handler in your root .htaccess file that was telling the server to run .cgi files as .shtml. The target file was a .cgi file and as a result was being run as .shtml which will not work. We had temporarily disabled the .htaccess file to confirm that was preventing the target file from being run. You need to review your .htaccess code and revise as necessary. Let us know if we can assist you in any other way.

And here is a reply I received from them when I requester SSI and cgi be enabled :-

It appears that the rule was not listed in the .htaccess file to enable the SSI. We have added the file for you. The URL does resolve to a black page, However, the file that is being referenced does not exist. Please review your scripting of the testing.shtml file.

So it was my hosting company who stuffed everything up.

Once again, thank you so much.

2012-11-01, 08:10 AM	#3
tadpole Oh! I haven't changed since high school and suddenly I am uncool Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Darkest Africa Posts: 258	At last!!! The script is working! ecchi, thank you so much for all your help, and your time. Without it I would never have got to this stage. I am really hacked off with this hosting provider, as I kept thinking I was making an error yet could not spot it. Here is the reply I received from them :- Thank you for taking the time to reply, and for providing your PIN. It appears you had added a handler in your root .htaccess file that was telling the server to run .cgi files as .shtml. The target file was a .cgi file and as a result was being run as .shtml which will not work. We had temporarily disabled the .htaccess file to confirm that was preventing the target file from being run. You need to review your .htaccess code and revise as necessary. Let us know if we can assist you in any other way. And here is a reply I received from them when I requester SSI and cgi be enabled :- It appears that the rule was not listed in the .htaccess file to enable the SSI. We have added the file for you. The URL does resolve to a black page, However, the file that is being referenced does not exist. Please review your scripting of the testing.shtml file. So it was my hosting company who stuffed everything up. Once again, thank you so much.