From: Ned Konz Date: 2001-08-30T03:14:18+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:20549] Re: CGI in Ruby with Apache and Exec On Wednesday 29 August 2001 11:02 am, Phillip Hilton wrote: > As regards CGI in ruby......I still can't make the books basic > examples work. > > My task: I am trying to pick up parameters from a form written in HTML > and then pass out the processed data in HTML. I have had a good old go > but I keep getting '500 Internal server error'. Does anyone have have > links to a good tutorial for absolute monkeys like me! Does your script work from the command line? Have you told Apache how to run Ruby CGIs? > > 2: I can't seem to manage to get 'exec' up and running. Here is my > code where am I going wrong. [snip] > The parent calls process.wait as many times as there are children. > (Next part not shown) The parent then scoops up the results in an > array for output in CGI format. Why fork (which is pretty expensive under Win32) when you have threads? After all, this isn't Perl... -- Ned Konz currently: Stanwood, WA email: ned@bike-nomad.com homepage: http://bike-nomad.com