Cookie Error

[Andy Warner]

When I setup a referrer link to www.legendgames.co.uk (eg at www.solis-media.co.uk select the GAMEWYRD text link top right) I get a COOKIE ERROR if the viewer has not already visited the legendgames website. Any ideas???

by the way, Im using rs000000.pl not referrer.pl - is this right/wrong/relevant????

Andy

[Andy Warner]

and another observation

before i get the cookie error (from ca000000) i get a brief glimpse of the destination page popping up - if i remove <actinic:COOKIECHECK/> from the destination page, then no errors reported. so why is actinic:COOKIECHECK generating an error???? why is it there? what bit of the system is generating that error???
Help, please, before I go MAD.....

[pinbrook]

Why are you using rs0000001.pl and not referrer.pl?

I would have thought that this file is a generated one - but I haven't played with referrer in v6 yet.

Advanced user guide says use referrer .pl

[Andy Warner]

why not using referrer.pl????

because
1) the file wasnt uploaded to the website when the shop was created.
2) when i uploaded it manually it didnt work

error is:
Script execution error
Unable to execute script due to a configuration problem.
Please notify the webmaster of this error.

exec() returned: 2: No such file or directory

i simply dont know whats up with this and need help!

[Andy Warner]

latest observations:

I think the cookie error is generated by the call <Actinic:COOKIECHECK/> in the catalog pages that I am referring TO.

referrer link clicked
runs rs000000.pl
loads the destination page
Actinic:COOKIECHECK runs from this page
ca000000 produces COOKIEERROR

It seems that the destination page loads before rs000000.pl gets to set a cookie in the visitors browser, hence the cookie check in the new page cant find a cookie and reports the error.

if anyone can tell me what Im doing wrong, please help!

I know the advanced guide says use referrer.pl, but I cant get that to work, I get the following error:

Script execution error
Unable to execute script due to a configuration problem.
Please notify the webmaster of this error.

exec() returned: 2: No such file or directory

Am I missing something obvious - I cant see the wood fromt he trees!
andy

[cdicken]

Just for the record, you should be using rs00000.pl and not referrer.pl - the Advanced User Guide is wrong and will be corrected immediately.

There is nothing incredibly wrong with the referrer path you are using. I noticed you are using './acatalog' for your PATH= parameter but I guess this is becasue you are working around the Perl execution problems you get on older NT servers.

I tried shopping at the http://www.legendgames.co.uk/acatalog/ store normally (without using a referrer link) and it took ages to add something to the cart - the Perl took a good 20 seconds to execute. I think this is what is causing the problem.

You should talk to your web host about increasing the amount of RAM available to scripts to about 8MB.