Comments on: A better newLISP web library

By: cormullion

cormullion — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:25:33 +0000

Hi Jeff. Thanks for doing this! So far this new version looks like it’s doing exactly the right thing. No problems to report…!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:50:54 +0000

I’ve updated the module to be more tolerant on query parsing as well has (hopefully) fixing the bug. Take a look and see if that solves the problem.

By: cormullion

cormullion — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:43:09 +0000

OK, thanks Jeff. I think it’s that regex, but I really can’t make much of it… :( I want the form’s textarea to be able to submit any newLISP expression – not sure how the regex handles them.

I could use cgi.lsp for this part, I suppose…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:52:54 +0000

I imagine it is in the regular expression that is parsing the query. I am on vacation until next Thursday. I will try and find some time to figure it out when I get back. If you find anything in the meantime, post it and I will update the code.

By: cormullion

cormullion — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:13:27 +0000

I can’t get the parse-query to work at all – keeps returning an empty string. But it’s not easy for me to extract that function out of context…

My test form is here. It just displays the POST and GET parameters when you type in some text in the text area and click the buttons. Some text works, but not any text – generally it doesn’t like punctuation in the textarea. I can’t identify the pattern yet. Suggestions welcomed! :)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:45:48 +0000

What does it do with GET parameters? Try using the Web:parse-query routine directly on the query string and see what output it gives you.

By: cormullion

cormullion — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:31:06 +0000

jeff – I’ve been struggling with web.lsp a bit when it came to coding an HTML form, and I just thought I’d check with you… Is it possible to write a form where the textarea starts with a parenthesis character? So far all my attempts at getting such a string from the POST parameters haven’t worked…

Basically I’m going:

and I’m not seeing the textarea’s ‘name’ appearing. Am I doing something stupid? Perhaps I should be encoding the contents of the text area? :)

By: cormullion

cormullion — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:50:45 +0000

Just thought I’d better call by and say “Thanks” again for this, Jeff. You can see it in action at … no wait, you can’t see it in action, because it’s working seamlessly in the background! :)

By: Duke

Duke — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:28:18 +0000

Thanks jeff! on my system this newLisp module will forever be know as oberWeb.lsp.