Re: [mv] future of ISINDEX in mv4+

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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Quoting cfm@maine.com (cfm@maine.com):
> 
> Is ISINDEX gone forever in mv4+?

Not intentionally, though it looks like it went bye-bye. It seemed difficult
to provide compatiblity with the old "SeSSionID;arg;n" session format
and still keep compatibility.

You can get access to the values sent, though, from the @Global::argv
array -- presuming your web server reads and sends them as an ISINDEX
(i.e. @ARGV in CGI).

I am beginning to think that we should optionally not die in that
situation, anyway, unless the page gets to a form action situation.

You might try this patch (or its equivalent) to Server.pm:

*** /r/Server.pm        Tue Sep 19 14:58:39 2000
--- /rt/Server.pm       Sun Nov 19 17:38:52 2000
***************
*** 165,170 ****
--- 165,174 ----
  #::logDebug("found session stuff: $CGI::values{mv_session_id} --> $CGI::values{mv_arg}  --> $CGI::values{mv_pc} ");
                shift @pairs;
        }
+       elsif ($#pairs == 1 and $pairs[0] !~ /=/) {     # Must be an isindex
+               $CGI::values{ISINDEX} = $pairs[0];
+               $CGI::values_array{ISINDEX} =  [ split /\+/, $pairs[0] ];
+       }
        my $redo;
    CGIVAL: {
        # This loop semi-duplicated in store_cgi_kv
***************

That will place the value of the ISINDEX in $CGI->{ISINDEX} and the
array value in $CGI_array->{ISINDEX}.

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