Peter Osborne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have a few questions about mod_fastcgi for anyone who has used it
before.
> First, We use CGI programs written in Cobol (based on Lars' examples from
way
> back). I'm wondering if these need to be modified to work under
mod_fastcgi?

Yes, you have to change your programs.  They need to be like this:

Initialiaze (open databases, etc)
loop
   call FCGI_accept
    if it returns <0, exit loop
    else
       normal CGI processing
 endloop

You have to link with the fastcgi development kit available (for free) at
fastcgi.com
It compiles with a few changes, which I can tell you about.

When I tried it out, I used FCGI_fwrite instead of DISPLAY to return HTML
output, but I think you could get DISPLAY to work if you know to which file
descriptor DISPLAY does its output.  I have some COBOL macros and C wrapper
routines to help out.  They are not production quality since I decided not
to go with fastcgi for now.  (Not because there's anything wrong with
fastcgi, but only because I had to send output to a Cold Fusion server at
our corporate office.)

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