Tommy
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I have a cgi web program (in C) that prints out different error messages to a log file. If the program is run again and runs into he same error, I do not want the same error message to log again. I'm looking at different options and any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
-Cookie: unable to set cookie after the html <head> section has been printed out.
(After the head section is where any errors would occur.)
-Database: Do not have one. Too much overhead for this issue to install one.
-Parse log file: Many other processes are writing to this log file.
-Hidden form inputs on html file: Seems messy. Have 3 different forms on the same html page. How do am I sure the hidden fields are always submitted regardless of which form is submitted?
Thanks.
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Doug
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- Cookie: Since you're programming the web app, why can't you program it to generate any data/errors/etc. before you send any content to the browser?
- Database: You could look into using SQLite for a database that has a lower bar for setting up, and there are various database abstraction layers available that do the heavy lifting of connections, query statements, etc.
- Hidden form inputs: To be sure the hidden fields are always submitted, include them inside any forms on the page. How hard is it to output identical text multiple times?
- @Doug, really valid points you have there. +1
