Using The Query Handler - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 04-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Using the Query Handler

The Global MIME Types window appears. For more information on the Global
MIME Types, see "Choosing MIME Types," on page 156.
Add a new MIME type with these settings:
4.
Click the New Type button.
5.
Save and apply your changes.
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Using the Query Handler
NOTE
You can specify a default query handler CGI program. A query handler processes
text sent to it via the ISINDEX tag in an HTML file.
ISINDEX is similar to a form text field in that it creates a text field in the HTML
page that can accept typed input. Unlike the information in a form text field,
however, the information in the ISINDEX box is immediately submitted when the
user presses Return. When you specify your default query handler, you tell your
server to which program to direct the input. For an in-depth discussion of the
ISINDEX tag, see an HTML reference manual.
To set a query handler, perform the following steps:
From the Server Manager, choose the Programs tab.
1.
Click the Query Handler link.
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The Query Handler window appears.
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Content type:
magnus-internal/shellcgi
File Suffix: Enter the file suffixes that you want the server to associate with
shell CGI. If you activated CGI, WinCGI, and shell CGI file types, you must
specify a different suffix for each type of CGI. For example, you can't use
the suffix for both a CGI program and a shell CGI program. If you
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need to, you can edit the other MIME type fields on the page so that the
suffixes are unique.
The use of Query Handlers is outdated. Although
Netscape Navigator clients still support it, it is rarely used. It is much more
common for people to use forms in their HTML pages to submit queries.
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