Re: Browser tries to download program -- WEB400

You originally stated that the problem was the CGIDEV2 CGI program being downloaded as a file rather than being executed. Is that still the problem?

If so, it's hard to imagine how CGIDEV2 could be the cause.

If your program executes but fails, you can use CGIDEV2's debugging facility to help track down the problem. Also, you can debug the program using STRSRVJOB and STRDBG, stepping through the code to find out where and how it fails. Also potentially useful would be a PBA trace using the TRCTCPAPP command.

Another thing to try is to execute one of CGIDEV2 sample programs to see whether it exhibits the same symptoms.

Regarding PTFs, IBM's recommendations are at http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/recommendedfixes.

In addition, the latest group PTF for the HTTP server should be installed too.

For all group PTFs by release, see http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/GroupPTFs?OpenView&view=GroupPTFs

The latest HTTP Server Group PTF for V5R3 is dated September 2, 2004.

You CGIDEV2 is six versions back level.  The current version is
2003-09-01 14:50:19.

I sent the next version to Giovanni about a week ago. It usually takes him about a month to test and integrate a new version before he releases it to the CGIDEV2 community.

Mel Rothman, CGIDEV2 Author
Mel Rothman, Inc.

Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) wrote:

Update.

Do you have the xTools (www.rpgxtools.com)?


I have my own tools that I have been able to prove this out with, but
thanks for the link.  I will check those out also.

I have both the CGIDEV2 program and RPG CGI program running from the same Apache config both out of the same library (AS400CGI) both using/outputting the same IFS file (/CGIRPG/logtime.html). I created an RPG CGI pgm to output the logtime.html file just so I could rule out that it wasn't a CCSID issue with the file.

When I run both programs from an IBM Original HTTP server they both work
fine unchanged.

I must note that our CGIDEV2 version is '2001-09-21 09:20:36'.  I got
that by doing a DSPDTAARA DTAARA(CGIDEV2/VERSION).  In my mind that
shouldn't make a difference given that the CGIDEV2 programs operate just
fine under IBM Original HTTP server.

We also changed QCSSID to 37 from 65535 with no effect (this was
suggested on the CGIDEV2 site).

I think I have narrowed it down to it having something to do with
CGIDEV2.  Any ideas based on the information I have presented?

The machine is on CUM PTF 4077.  Are there other specific PTF's that I
need to apply that wouldn't be covered by this CUM?


Apache config that I am now using (from Brad Stone's site)

Listen *:2012

#DocumentRoot /myweb
#DirectoryIndex index.html

CGIConvMode %%EBCDIC/EBCDIC%%

ScriptAliasMatch ^/cgi-bin/(.*) /qsys.lib/as400cgi.lib/$1.pgm

<Directory />
  Options None
  AllowOverride None
  order deny,allow
  deny from all
</Directory>

<Directory /myweb>
  AllowOverride None
  order allow,deny
  allow from all
  <FilesMatch "\.html(\..+)?$">
    Options +Includes
    SetOutputFilter Includes
  </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

<Directory /qsys.lib/as400cgi.lib>
  allow from all
  order allow,deny
  Options +ExecCGI +Includes
  SetOutputFilter Includes
</Directory>