[fpc-devel] Fcl-Web 404 error

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote:

> --- On Fri, 3/11/11, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be> wrote:
>
>> From: michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be>
>> Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Fcl-Web 404 error
>> To: "FPC developers' list" <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org>
>> Date: Friday, March 11, 2011, 11:59 AM
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi, does anyone knows how to return a correct 404
>> error from an fcl-web cgi app?.
>> > 
>> > I'm doing this:
>> > 
>> > procedure TFPWebModule1.myRequest(Sender: TObject;
>> >  ARequest: TRequest; AResponse: TResponse; var
>> Handled: boolean); begin
>> >  AResponse.Code := 404;
>> >  AResponse.CodeText := 'Not Found';
>> >  Handled := True;
>> > end;
>> > 
>> > I use this because my Apache has an .htaccess's
>> "ErrorDocument 404 ..."
>> > directive to take actions when 404 errors are found,
>> but this is not
>> > working with my CGI.  In my case, the contents
>> (empty) sent by the CGI are
>> > shown in the client side, while I whould like to show
>> the 404 message
>> > generated by Apache.
>> 
>> Then you should add it to
>>   AResponse.Content:='The html';
>> 
>> Michael.
>
> Thanks Michael, but it's a little more complicated than that.
>
> I need the 404 error to be handled by Apache, not by my app. I need this because I'm trying to let Apache search in a 2nd server when an 404 error is returned by the first server.

I don't think the CGI protocol supports that.

You'll have to consult the Apache docs.

Michael.