I've verified that using #exec rather than #include does indeed solve my initial problem. There were a few caveats, but nothing I couldn't solve (though, for what it's worth, I still prefer #include).

Although, now that I have access to my CGI parameters, I'd still like to use them in a POST method (within an SSI). However, Apache refuses to allow a POST operation to a .shtml file. That is, I want the included CGI to serve as a form handler. Apache, however, gives an error 405: resource unavailable.

I understand that this isn't a good implementation, but I'm stuck with a lot of work that's been done on these .shtml's and the various included perl scripts. I'd rather not spend a week cutting and pasting code so that I have a true .pl script when it seem's like Apache should understand that a .shtml file can in fact handle a POST.

So a question remains. How can I convince Apache to accept that an SSI is a valid POST target? I've scoured the web, but all I've been able to find is others with the same problem.

In reply to Re: SSI losing CGI parameters by fred
in thread SSI losing CGI parameters by fred

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