[Lazarus] Error 500

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> On 07/04/2011 00:06, silvioprog wrote:
>>
>> I'm using debugserver (http://goo.gl/jHrSH), is a very good tool.
>
> WARNING:
> Be careful with debugserver under Windows - you can't always trust the
> results.  If you have a process that runs fast, and generates a lot of
> debug  messages  (many  per  second), debugserver looses many of those
> messages. I reported this bug, but can't find it in Mantis now (Mantis
> searching sucks).
>
>
>> ps. Hm... my CGI app is still with error 500. :(
>
> I  would  suggest  you  look  at  Apache  log  files,  and maybe place
> SendDebug()  calls  inside  your  application  to see what it executes
> before  the  error - narrowing down it's location. I feel your pain...
> debugging  CGI  apps  are  a  nightmare! Yet another reason I hate web
> applications. :)

There are 2 solutions:
- FastCGI
- Embedded webserver
Both can easily be debugged, and the final result can still be a CGI app.
With some extra work you can have 1 binary that functions as the 3 types of app.

Michael.