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Mar 2, 2003, 3:23 AM
Thomas.
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Remote Search - please help
A partner site of mine would like to display my search results.

1. I have installed the XML plugin for LinksSQL and tried to call search.cgi with a hidden tag:

<input type="hidden" name="xml_feed" value="1">

More than 50% of all queries return the following error:

Code:
Whitespace is not allowed at this location. Error processing resource.


Other users have reported this error, but obviously no solution has been found yet. Also, a high percentage of valid queries just returns the search template without search results (I have not altered the xml template).

2. Another solution is to use the remote_search.cgi script Alex has posted in this thread:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...orum.cgi?post=199494

Running the script I receive the following error message:

Code:
Missing right curly or square bracket at www/cgi-bin/remote_search.cgi line 84, at end of line
syntax error at www/cgi-bin/remote_search.cgi line 84, at EOF www/cgi-bin/remote_search.cgi had compilation errors.


Ok, after adding the curly bracket I get the msg:

Code:
Bareword "r" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at www/cgi-bin/remote_search.cgi line 84.


Does anyone have a working version of the script?

3. How to deal with queries that do not return any matching records?

Any help is highly appreciated!

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Thomas.: Mar 2, 2003, 3:25 AM
Mar 3, 2003, 2:08 AM
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Not sure about the other ones...but regarding the 'bareword' thing....have a look at line 84 Wink

Code:
sub parse_template {
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Simply parse the template and replace the link loop
#
my ($TEMPLATE,$loop) = @_;
(ref $loop eq 'ARRAY') || return;
my ($loop_content) = $TEMPLATE =~ /<%link_loop%>(.*?)<%end_loop%>/sm;
my $result;
foreach (@$loop) {
my $tmp = $loop_content;
$tmp =~ s/<%\s*(.*?)\s*%>/(exists $_->{$1})?$_->{$1}:'';/seg;
$result .= $tmp;
}
$TEMPLATE =~ s/(<%link_loop%>.*?<%end_loop%>)/$result/sm;
r

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:48 AM
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Thanks Andy, yesterday I finally managed to get the script running, lol.
Mar 3, 2003, 2:49 AM
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Glad you got it working :)

Its a bit of a pain..cos the original thread is locked for people to post anything about the bug Unsure

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:53 AM
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The script should definitely be corrected (for perl-challenged people like myself) and posted to the Resource Section.
Mar 3, 2003, 2:54 AM
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Maybe Alex/GT will see this thread, and correct it Smile I didn't see any posts about the bug prior to yours...so maybe they just don't know :p

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Mar 7, 2003, 2:42 PM
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Thanks Andy, yesterday I finally managed to get the script running, lol.


Can you share how you got it running? I'm getting an internal server error.

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Mar 7, 2003, 3:08 PM
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Obviously the script got truncated while uploading.

Just replace the last line with
Code:
return $result;
}
Mar 7, 2003, 5:19 PM
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Thanks Thomas,

I'm still getting the 500 error can you call it from the browser or does it need to be called from a form?

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Mar 7, 2003, 10:17 PM
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Have you set the permissions for the file to 755?

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Mar 8, 2003, 4:35 AM
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yes I have set to 755 and checked all the usual perl options/

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