Re: Informix CGI Question

On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Chad Laity wrote: } } Problem description: } } I have just attended a Novell Web Authoring and Publishing course. At } this course I was taught that CGI scripts existing on another server } could be called by using the following HTML tag: } } <FORM METHOD="POST" } ACTION="HTTP://server/directory/script"> } </FORM> Yes, this is ok to call a CGI script. } } I wanted to use this statement in my web page ("index.htm") so I could } query data and return a dynamic page. Index.htm is residing on my } Netware Server and I want to access our HP Server that contains our } Informix database. So I altered the tag to contain our HP Server's } TCP/IP address, the directory, and the script name. It does not seem to } function at all. They are both connected to the same TCP/IP Network. } But, if you want to query the database, then the script/program you call shall handle the database connection. } Questions: } } Is this actually possible to do with the hardware that I have? } What additional steps am I missing to make this function? } Do I need an annonymous login on my HP Server? } If so, what are the security implications of an anonymous login (this is } our Intranet)? } } I am not quit sure about HP, but I am using ESQLC and Informix7 on Sun station. I call my CGI program locate in the web server, in turn the CGI program create the connection between web server and the database server.