in reply to Set HTTP Status code

You're telling it to return a 404 Not Found error, and it appears to be doing that, just adding some language to it. I'm not a mod_perl expert, but could it be that mod_perl is getting the 404 header, recognizing it, and then sending it to the browser in its own words, ignoring the rest of your script's output?

Aaron B.
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Re^2: Set HTTP Status code
by molybtek (Novice) on Mar 09, 2012 at 01:02 UTC
    This is getting weirder... Using a test script as shown below, it works with mod_perl. 
    #!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI qw/:standard/;

header(-status => 404);

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    However, if I specified something in the query string, then the status is still set as 404, however, it displays

    Not Found

    The requested URL /cgi-bin/portal/browselocation.pl was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 302 Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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      This is getting weirder...

      So its been a few months, but you're still omitting all the critical details. Do you want help, yes or no?

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        I'm not quite sure what critical details you need...

        It is hosted on a CentOS 5 machine.

        • Apache is Apache/2.2.3
        • Perl is 5.8.8
        • CGI module is 3.5.9
        • mod_perl is 2.0.4-6.el5
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