CGI include problem

error out when I included a perl script

[tim_o_mast]

Ok here is the problem I am hosting my own site on an NT server. I got a program to include a survey on our page. The perl script works fine if I call the file from a brower. However if I include it such as <!-- include file='poll.pl' -->
it errors out. I changed the excute promissions, and add .pl to the running scripts and I use this in a .shtml file. Any Ideas what I need to change on the server to get this to run?

[Key_Master]

I don't know how Perl runs on Windows but on a UNIX server it would look something like this:

<!--#include virtual="/path_to_file/poll.pl"-->

[jatar_k]

welcome to webmasterworld tim_o_mast

I assume you are using apache then? with the .shtml ext

if so then it is your syntax, like so would be better

<!--#include file="poll.pl" -->

and check out this
[httpd.apache.org...]

[tim_o_mast]

ok syntax is not the problem I missed type the origanal with out the # sign. I am using whatever the default shtml program with IIS 4.0 that came with Win NT.

[itim]

tim_o_mast, I would ask two questions.

1. Does your script prints "Content-Type: text/html\n\n" at the beggining?

2. Did you configure IIS to understans SSI directives within .shtml files?

[TRACEYR]

2. Did you configure iis to understans ssi directives within .shtml files?

How do you do this bit........please...

[Brett_Tabke]

Where you sure it wasn't a case of the file not being found?

If you can call the script from the browser, then you know the script is good and will work from ssi.

[MCookie]

Hi..
Since it's a program, have you tried <!--#exec cgi="poll.pl" --> ?