Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:48:32 -0700 (MST) From: Ade Barkah <mbarkah@hemi.com> To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Test CGI interface... (was: Re: cvs commit: www/data comm...) Message-ID: <199701172248.PAA03166@hemi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970117141501.22331H-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Jan 17, 97 02:45:46 pm"
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John Fieber wrote: > For this application, I'd strongly put in a plug for mSQL, > or even a perl script that chews up a one-record-per-line > flat file. [...] > Now for the bad news: This scheme presents some problems > for mirroring. [...] This does not necessairly mean ditching > the database idea. Rather, it means generating static copies > of the pages during daily regeneration process. Yeah. I can't seem to think of a good way to integrate the database for mirroring. Since the database doesn't actually change constantly, a live CGI isn't really needed, of course. We should just make static pages daily as you suggest. I've adapted a new version that uses a '|' delimited flat-file. The http://freebsd.hemi.com/gallery.html has been updated to use this version in CGI mode. The output is identical to the Postgres version (i.e., I haven't put in any new features.) Now, like the old one, this new version can be called as a CGI, or can be called directly from the command line to facilitate creating static pages. That is, one can call it with: ./flat-query.cgi category=Commercial > gallery-commercial.html and simply distribute the .html file. =-) Makes it easier for people who'd like to build from source, too. > I'd add another date field "checked". We should be either > manually or automagically verifying the entries periodically and > that could be useful. Good idea. I'll add "checked" and a boolean field "disabled" (for new entries, and old links with problems.) If this looks like the way to go, then I'll write a simple program to manipulate the flat- file. Cya, -Ade ------------------------------------------------------------------- Inet: mbarkah@hemi.com - HEMISPHERE ONLINE - <http://www.hemi.com/>; -------------------------------------------------------------------
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