Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 500 Internal Server Error - Using ActiveState perl

[barbie]

IIS uses the shebang line, and thus uses PerlIS. Apache reads the httpd.conf and thus uses the registry entry and ignores the shebang line. PerlIS runs ALOT faster with IIS. If you care to follow the link I posted, you'll understand why this is. PerlIS was written by ActiveState to better integrate Perl with IIS.

Please note the OP mention they were using Windows NOT Unix. What I suggested was applicable to their situation.

[Anonymous Monk]

Apache reads the httpd.conf and thus uses the registry entry and ignores the shebang line.

Maybe your copy of apache, but standard apache doesn't perform any such magic. mod_perl maybe, but not apache.

[barbie]

Ahem, may I direct you to .... a description from an online manual

This directive is used to control how Apache finds the interpreter used to run CGI scripts. The default technique is to use the interpreter pointed to by the #! line in the script. Setting ScriptInterpreterSource registry will cause the Windows Registry to be searched using the script file extension (e.g., .pl) as a search key.

That's standard Apache on Win32 :)