I trying to install Dbman on NT 4.0 IIS 4.0.
I noticed in another thread a different way to enter the path to perl and the script. I think I have everthing right but the page does not load. In IIS I set the ISAPI configuration for .cgi to perl.exe and .pl to perlis.dll. My config files are renamed to .txt at http://198.182.113.84/db.txt.
Thanks,
Craig

You already know a whole lot more than I do.

My understanding is that you don't have to set anything as the path to Perl on NT.

I'm pretty sure your $db_script_path is wrong, though.

The best thing to try is the default

$db_script_path = ".";

If you have problems after trying that, you can try setting the path, but it's better to use / instead of \.

$db_script_path = "/scripts/dbman";

If that still doesn't work, try using \\

$db_script_path = "\\scripts\\dbman";

But try the paths in the order I've suggested. And make sure that you upload in ASCII mode every time, if you're uploading the file.


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JPD

I tried the default and the other options but I still did not have any luck.

I recall some other folks with hypermart having problems. I would do a search on this forum for "hypermart" and see what you come up with. If all else fails, go to some of the other places on hypermart and see if you can find one that uses DBMan. Someone with this specific experience might be able to help you more than I can.


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JPD

First of all, you need to set both .cgi and .pl files to perlis.dll.

For the $db_script_path variable, you should use the following path:


Take out the #!\perl//bin in the first line.

Hope that helps.

Regards,


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Cool. That worked. Thanks a lot. Does anyone now of a way to import an ascii file into a dbman database?

Depends on the file and how it's set up.

If you have quotation marks around each of the field values, take them out.

Then, set the $db_delim variable in the .cfg file to the delimiter in your file. Make sure you have the same number of fields defined in your .cfg file as you have in your database and that every record in the database file has the same number of fields.

If all that is true, rename the file to default.db and upload it to your directory.

*However*! Before you do that, set up your .cfg file with the fields you want to use and add some records, just to see that your configuration is correct.


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JPD

Thanks. I will give it a try. I will have to register soon this looks like it will work for us.