Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 Administrator's Configuration File Reference

query-handler

Applicable in Service- and Error-class directives.


Note –

This function is provided for backward compatibility only and is used mainly to support the obsolete ISINDEX tag. If possible, use an HTML form instead.


The query-handler function runs a CGI program instead of referencing the path requested.

Parameters

The following table describes parameters for the query-handler function.

Table 4–77 query-handler Parameters

Parameter  

Description  

path

Full path and file name of the CGI program to run. 

reason

(Optional) Text of one of the reason strings (such as “Unauthorized” or “Forbidden”). The string is not case-sensitive. 

code

(Optional) Three-digit number representing the HTTP response status code, such as 401 or 407.

This can be any HTTP response status code or reason phrase according to the HTTP specification. 

The following is a list of common HTTP response status codes and reason strings:

  • 401 Unauthorized

  • 403 Forbidden

  • 404 Not Found

  • 500 Server Error

bucket

(Optional) Common to all obj.conf functions.

Examples


Error query=* fn=query-handler path=/http/cgi/do-grep
Error query=* fn=query-handler path=/http/cgi/proc-info