Re: IIS %@#! dang Side Includes

Sean Morrissey ( ntmail@apc.net )
Fri, 28 Mar 1997 19:01:52 -0800

IIS 4.0 beta is out and looks great with virtual domain ie www.ntisp.com
and list.ntisp.com using one ip address some new ssi features etc. I
haven't read through the docs as of yet but will let you know when I do.
The beta is not publicly available...

At 03:15 PM 3/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Sheesh, this is really stinks. I'll try the frames & see what comes to
>pass. But yes, it was a rotating ad perl script. :-)
>
>This whole thing with IIS really ticks me off now... If I'm to use IIS,
>then I'm stuck with building active server pages (.asp) for dynamic
>content, which is what I -don't- want to do right now, simply because I'm
>not in the mood to & don't have time to learn that proprietary #@$!. Sure,
>Bill, sure, it's great, .asp will bake your toast, walk your dog, keep your
>mother in law occupied, etc, but I could care less. Just give me executing
>side includes!
>
>Eric
>
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>> From: Phil Heller <pheller@csonline.net>
>> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>> Subject: Re: IIS %@#! dang Side Includes
>> Date: Thursday, March 27, 1997 6:18 AM
>>
>> Sorry, I don't believe IIS will do SSI CGI Scripts.
>>
>> I went through this once before and it SUCKS.
>>
>> You can, however, do borderless frames in your page, and point one frame
>> source to the CGI.
>>
>> Let me guess, you want rotating advertising banners?
>>
>> Later,
>> Phil
>>
>>
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>> > From: Eric Fagan <mailserve@pdqnet.net>
>> > To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>> > Subject: IIS %@#! dang Side Includes
>> > Date: Thursday, March 27, 1997 6:36 AM
>> >
>> > I'm sure I'm overlooking something quite simple, but....
>> > Could someone please, please tell me how to create a server side
>> include
>> > on IIS3 for a CGI script? I've looked through tons of woefully
>> inadequate
>> > documentation on IIS & found only one obscure reference to a side
>> include,
>> > & that was only for including a file. I've tried hundreds of combo's,
>> but
>> > I cannot get a <!--#exec cgi="xxx...."> to work anywhere, (htm, stm,
>> etc).
>> > The only thing I was able to do was an <!--include file="xxx..."> to
>kind
>> > of work (it simply printed the contents of the perl file I'm trying to
>> > insert). Other than the "include file", I couldn't get anything at all
>> to
>> > attempt to process. It simply fed the exact HTML code straight out to
>> the
>> > browser. I'm completely lost, frustrated, been trying to make this
>work
>> to
>> > 4:35 am, etc..... Help?
>> >
>> > Eric Fagan
>> > pdq internet
>> > mailserve@pdqnet.net
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