mod perl 2.0.4-dev using perl510.dll on Win32 XP returns "Can"t findstring terminator" err

am 27.08.2008 01:20:32 von Joe Smoker

Hey guys,

This is most likely related to my first post using Perl 5.8 and
matching mod perl, however, since this is a new version of Perl 5.10
and the DEV version of mod perl 2.0.4-dev, I thought I should post this
as well... I'm starting to think that it's not a CRLF problem, but
something else related to configuration... My external CGI files work
great so I can continue to go that route, but I would LOVE to embed
this stuff and get faster execution and additional functionality... If
there are any readers out there with a working httpd.conf file that
works in a Win32 XP environment, I'd LOVE to see a copy!!!!!!!!!

I've installed Win32 mod perl version 2.0.4-dev and Apache server 2.2.9
using Perl 5.10 and PHP 5.2.6 on my
XP Pro box according to the directions (I hope)... However, when I
try to run any sample script, I get the following error in the
error.log file:

[error] Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at (eval
14) line 21 .\n

Seems like mod perl does not like the CRLF chars in the notepad
file... but I also tried removing the CR chars with the same result...
here's the script that I tested that works with the external Perl
(5.10) interpretor:

#!c:/perl/bin/perl

use strict;

use warnings;

use CGI;

my $query = new CGI;

print $query->header( "text/html" );

print <<END_HERE;

<html>

<head>

    <title>My First CGI Script</title>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFCC">

    <h1>This is a pretty lame Web page</h1>

    <p>Who is this Ovid guy, anyway?</p>

</body>

</html>

END_HERE

# must have a line after "END_HERE" or Perl won't recognize

# the token

Here's the stuff in my httpd file:

LoadFile "C:/Perl/bin/perl510.dll"

LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so

Alias /perl/ "C:/Documents and Settings/Mitch's Room/My
Documents/Mitch/Html/Cgi/"

<Location /perl/>

     SetHandler perl-script

     PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry

     Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks

     PerlOptions +ParseHeaders

</Location>

Any help with this stuff will be greatly appreciated... Thanks again,
in
advance. - Joe -