Mailing List Archive: Inconsistent CGI decoding behaviour

[REBOL] Inconsistent CGI decoding behaviour

From: hallvard::ystad::helpinhand::com at: 21-Jan-2002 12:00


I tried
make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string
in a CGI script and supplied a URL like this:
http://www.server/cgi-bin/rebolscript.r?key=value&=nothing


Obviously, the URL is not too well constructed, since the key for the value "nothing" 
is missing. Nevertheless, such URLs do get requested from time to time. Now here's what 
I got from the script:
** Script Error: Expected one of: word! - not: none!
** Where: to-set-word
** Near: to set-word! :value


Is this normal behaviour? Do I have to try and catch to get my CGI parameters? Then why 
is this URL OK: http://www.server/cgi-bin/rebolscript.r?key=value&nothingAs I request 
this last URL, make object! decode-cgi system/options/cgi/query-string will become:
make object! [
    key: "value"
    nothing: ""
]

So why the inconsistency?

~H