[Xapian-discuss] Omega cgi question

Wed Sep 1 18:27:37 BST 2004

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 01:11:26PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
> IRIX 6.5.22, compiled omega.0.8.1 with native MIPS compiler.
> 
> omega.cgi isn't running from apache.  From the log:
> [Wed Sep  1 10:04:36 2004] [error] [client 198.149.32.31] malformed 
> header from script. Bad header=Caught unknown exception: /var/www/cgi-
> bin/omega.cgi
> 
> This is with a url of http://<machine>/cgi-bin/omega.cgi?DB=/open/

The slashes around the DB name are superfluous, but they should just be
ignored.

> When I run it from the command line with no parameters, I get the same 
> thing

What do you mean by "run it from the command line with no parameters"
exactly?  How does that differ from what you describe below?

> but if I do:
> 
> <oasisminus 132> ./omega.cgi
> omega - omega 0.8.1 (compiled Jul  1 2004 06:51:42)
> Enter NAME=VALUE lines, end with blank line
> DB=/open/
> 
> Content-Type: text/html
> 
> <html>
> ...
> 
> It seems to work.
> 
> It's like it isn't finding the parameter.

Without the parameter it should try to search database "default".  You
shouldn't get an unknown exception.

Cheers,
    Olly