Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6

Just to be clear the scripts are fine and work 80% of the time at the
moment. Code is verified as correct and is an iis issue

It only seems to surface on servers with 100+ domains

Have tried via command line execution and they work 100% of the time

Server isnt crying out for resources and has plenty of physical memory
leftover

Robbie

"Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.DeleteThis@virgin.net> wrote in message
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 > Hello,
 > Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
 > Intermittently we will get
 >
 > "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set
of
 > HTTP headers."
 >
 > Any ideas?
 >
 > Robbie
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6 

Is the intermittent errors all occurring with the same script or different
scripts? Is one script *always* returning this error?

CGIs need to comply to more rigorous standards on IIS6, starting with
stating the content type.

--
//David
IIS
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"Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis RemoveThis @virgin.net> wrote in message
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Hello,
Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
Intermittently we will get

"The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of
HTTP headers."

Any ideas?

Robbie
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6 

Is one script *always* returning this error?
One script would intermittently return an error 50% it would work 50% it
wouldnt. It only seems to appear on servers that have quite a few sites on

Robbie


"David Wang [Msft]" <someone RemoveThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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 > Is the intermittent errors all occurring with the same script or different
 > scripts? Is one script *always* returning this error?
 >
 > CGIs need to comply to more rigorous standards on IIS6, starting with
 > stating the content type.
 >
 > --
 > //David
 > IIS
 > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
 > //
 > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis RemoveThis @virgin.net> wrote in message
 > news:OpyQU%23TfDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
 > Hello,
 > Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
 > Intermittently we will get
 >
 > "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set
of
 > HTTP headers."
 >
 > Any ideas?
 >
 > Robbie
 >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6 

Ok tried that and still getting the errors

Just to be clear the error doesnt appear all time

If you refresh the page could happen 5 out of 10

Never happens if run from command prompt

Robbie

"Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <jmaltz.DeleteThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 >
 > That means your script isn't telling IIS what type of file it is. Where
the
 > script starts outputting to the client, add:
 > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
 >
 > A test script would be:
 > #C:\perl\bin\perl.exe
 > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
 > print "Hello, World!"
 >
 > See if that test works
 >
 > --
 > --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.imbored.biz" target="_blank">http://www.imbored.biz</a> - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
 > tutorial site
 > Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
 > deleted without reading.
 >
 >
 > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.DeleteThis@virgin.net> wrote in message
 > news:OpyQU%23TfDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
  > > Hello,
  > > Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
  > > Intermittently we will get
  > >
  > > "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete
set
 > of
  > > HTTP headers."
  > >
  > > Any ideas?
  > >
  > > Robbie
  > >
  > >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6 

So, is it safe to say that it's not random intermittent errors for any CGI
script but rather intermittent errors for some particular CGI scripts?

If that's the case, start looking at that particular CGI script to make sure
it sends proper content-type headers and status right at the very beginning
for all invocations. Aso check that the CGI script can actually run
multi-instance (i.e. it doesn't have some global LOG file that doesn't allow
simultaneous access, etc)

--
//David
IIS
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
//
"Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.RemoveThis@virgin.net> wrote in message
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Is one script *always* returning this error?
One script would intermittently return an error 50% it would work 50% it
wouldnt. It only seems to appear on servers that have quite a few sites on

Robbie


"David Wang [Msft]" <someone.RemoveThis@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:udUdG8ZfDHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
 > Is the intermittent errors all occurring with the same script or different
 > scripts? Is one script *always* returning this error?
 >
 > CGIs need to comply to more rigorous standards on IIS6, starting with
 > stating the content type.
 >
 > --
 > //David
 > IIS
 > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
 > //
 > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.RemoveThis@virgin.net> wrote in message
 > news:OpyQU%23TfDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
 > Hello,
 > Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
 > Intermittently we will get
 >
 > "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set
of
 > HTTP headers."
 >
 > Any ideas?
 >
 > Robbie
 >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6 

Random CGI Errors for ANY CGI script be it PHP or Perl

Its even does it on simple well formed scripts such as the one posted here

Robbie


"David Wang [Msft]" <someone.TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eR7ie$xfDHA.3204@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
 > So, is it safe to say that it's not random intermittent errors for any CGI
 > script but rather intermittent errors for some particular CGI scripts?
 >
 > If that's the case, start looking at that particular CGI script to make
sure
 > it sends proper content-type headers and status right at the very
beginning
 > for all invocations. Aso check that the CGI script can actually run
 > multi-instance (i.e. it doesn't have some global LOG file that doesn't
allow
 > simultaneous access, etc)
 >
 > --
 > //David
 > IIS
 > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
 > //
 > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.TakeThisOut@virgin.net> wrote in message
 > news:%23zN8nMcfDHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
 > Is one script *always* returning this error?
 > One script would intermittently return an error 50% it would work 50% it
 > wouldnt. It only seems to appear on servers that have quite a few sites on
 >
 > Robbie
 >
 >
 > "David Wang [Msft]" <someone.TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
 > news:udUdG8ZfDHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
  > > Is the intermittent errors all occurring with the same script or
different
  > > scripts? Is one script *always* returning this error?
  > >
  > > CGIs need to comply to more rigorous standards on IIS6, starting with
  > > stating the content type.
  > >
  > > --
  > > //David
  > > IIS
  > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
 > rights.
  > > //
  > > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.TakeThisOut@virgin.net> wrote in message
  > > news:OpyQU%23TfDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
  > > Hello,
  > > Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
  > > Intermittently we will get
  > >
  > > "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete
set
 > of
  > > HTTP headers."
  > >
  > > Any ideas?
  > >
  > > Robbie
  > >
  > >
  > >
 >
 >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6 

Personally, I would first try the ISAPI versions of PHP and Perl since it's
more efficient on IIS. Plenty of people have successfully run volume
PHP/Perl on IIS6, so I suspect it is something with your
setup/configuration.

Can you give a sample Perl or PHP script that you say fails 50% of the time,
and also give the conditions/setup which you see the error?

--
//David
IIS
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
//
"Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis DeleteThis @virgin.net> wrote in message
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Random CGI Errors for ANY CGI script be it PHP or Perl

Its even does it on simple well formed scripts such as the one posted here

Robbie


"David Wang [Msft]" <someone DeleteThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eR7ie$xfDHA.3204@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
 > So, is it safe to say that it's not random intermittent errors for any CGI
 > script but rather intermittent errors for some particular CGI scripts?
 >
 > If that's the case, start looking at that particular CGI script to make
sure
 > it sends proper content-type headers and status right at the very
beginning
 > for all invocations. Aso check that the CGI script can actually run
 > multi-instance (i.e. it doesn't have some global LOG file that doesn't
allow
 > simultaneous access, etc)
 >
 > --
 > //David
 > IIS
 > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
 > //
 > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis DeleteThis @virgin.net> wrote in message
 > news:%23zN8nMcfDHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
 > Is one script *always* returning this error?
 > One script would intermittently return an error 50% it would work 50% it
 > wouldnt. It only seems to appear on servers that have quite a few sites on
 >
 > Robbie
 >
 >
 > "David Wang [Msft]" <someone DeleteThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
 > news:udUdG8ZfDHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
  > > Is the intermittent errors all occurring with the same script or
different
  > > scripts? Is one script *always* returning this error?
  > >
  > > CGIs need to comply to more rigorous standards on IIS6, starting with
  > > stating the content type.
  > >
  > > --
  > > //David
  > > IIS
  > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
 > rights.
  > > //
  > > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis DeleteThis @virgin.net> wrote in message
  > > news:OpyQU%23TfDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
  > > Hello,
  > > Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
  > > Intermittently we will get
  > >
  > > "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete
set
 > of
  > > HTTP headers."
  > >
  > > Any ideas?
  > >
  > > Robbie
  > >
  > >
  > >
 >
 >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6 

Hello David

Just so your aware this is also happening on PHP. We used the Ensim hosting
package so it configures most things. USers have read/execute access to perl
folder

Perl settings are in the application config.

..pl is set as C:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe "%s" "%s"
Limit to GET,HEAD,POST
Script Engine checked
Verify File Exists checked

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.softvs.com/travel/cgi-bin/cgitest.pl" target="_blank">http://www.softvs.com/travel/cgi-bin/cgitest.pl</a>

#!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Testing CGI... working !!!\n";

my @list = (1, 2, 3);
my $i = 0;

foreach $listItem (@list)
{
print "" . $listItem . "\n";
print "" . @list[$i] . "\n";
$i += 1;
}

exit;




"David Wang [Msft]" <someone RemoveThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23yH08PhgDHA.1748@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
 > Personally, I would first try the ISAPI versions of PHP and Perl since
it's
 > more efficient on IIS. Plenty of people have successfully run volume
 > PHP/Perl on IIS6, so I suspect it is something with your
 > setup/configuration.
 >
 > Can you give a sample Perl or PHP script that you say fails 50% of the
time,
 > and also give the conditions/setup which you see the error?
 >
 > --
 > //David
 > IIS
 > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
 > //
 > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis RemoveThis @virgin.net> wrote in message
 > news:uiza4i8fDHA.164@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
 > Random CGI Errors for ANY CGI script be it PHP or Perl
 >
 > Its even does it on simple well formed scripts such as the one posted here
 >
 > Robbie
 >
 >
 > "David Wang [Msft]" <someone RemoveThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
 > news:eR7ie$xfDHA.3204@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
  > > So, is it safe to say that it's not random intermittent errors for any
CGI
  > > script but rather intermittent errors for some particular CGI scripts?
  > >
  > > If that's the case, start looking at that particular CGI script to make
 > sure
  > > it sends proper content-type headers and status right at the very
 > beginning
  > > for all invocations. Aso check that the CGI script can actually run
  > > multi-instance (i.e. it doesn't have some global LOG file that doesn't
 > allow
  > > simultaneous access, etc)
  > >
  > > --
  > > //David
  > > IIS
  > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
 > rights.
  > > //
  > > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis RemoveThis @virgin.net> wrote in message
  > > news:%23zN8nMcfDHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
  > > Is one script *always* returning this error?
  > > One script would intermittently return an error 50% it would work 50% it
  > > wouldnt. It only seems to appear on servers that have quite a few sites
on
  > >
  > > Robbie
  > >
  > >
  > > "David Wang [Msft]" <someone RemoveThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
  > > news:udUdG8ZfDHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
   > > > Is the intermittent errors all occurring with the same script or
 > different
   > > > scripts? Is one script *always* returning this error?
   > > >
   > > > CGIs need to comply to more rigorous standards on IIS6, starting with
   > > > stating the content type.
   > > >
   > > > --
   > > > //David
   > > > IIS
   > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
  > > rights.
   > > > //
   > > > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis RemoveThis @virgin.net> wrote in message
   > > > news:OpyQU%23TfDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
   > > > Hello,
   > > > Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
   > > > Intermittently we will get
   > > >
   > > > "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete
 > set
  > > of
   > > > HTTP headers."
   > > >
   > > > Any ideas?
   > > >
   > > > Robbie
   > > >
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
 >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6 

Ive set it to ISAPI and its solved it

..exe CGI has an issue

"David Wang [Msft]" <someone.TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23yH08PhgDHA.1748@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
 > Personally, I would first try the ISAPI versions of PHP and Perl since
it's
 > more efficient on IIS. Plenty of people have successfully run volume
 > PHP/Perl on IIS6, so I suspect it is something with your
 > setup/configuration.
 >
 > Can you give a sample Perl or PHP script that you say fails 50% of the
time,
 > and also give the conditions/setup which you see the error?
 >
 > --
 > //David
 > IIS
 > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
 > //
 > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.TakeThisOut@virgin.net> wrote in message
 > news:uiza4i8fDHA.164@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
 > Random CGI Errors for ANY CGI script be it PHP or Perl
 >
 > Its even does it on simple well formed scripts such as the one posted here
 >
 > Robbie
 >
 >
 > "David Wang [Msft]" <someone.TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
 > news:eR7ie$xfDHA.3204@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
  > > So, is it safe to say that it's not random intermittent errors for any
CGI
  > > script but rather intermittent errors for some particular CGI scripts?
  > >
  > > If that's the case, start looking at that particular CGI script to make
 > sure
  > > it sends proper content-type headers and status right at the very
 > beginning
  > > for all invocations. Aso check that the CGI script can actually run
  > > multi-instance (i.e. it doesn't have some global LOG file that doesn't
 > allow
  > > simultaneous access, etc)
  > >
  > > --
  > > //David
  > > IIS
  > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
 > rights.
  > > //
  > > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.TakeThisOut@virgin.net> wrote in message
  > > news:%23zN8nMcfDHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
  > > Is one script *always* returning this error?
  > > One script would intermittently return an error 50% it would work 50% it
  > > wouldnt. It only seems to appear on servers that have quite a few sites
on
  > >
  > > Robbie
  > >
  > >
  > > "David Wang [Msft]" <someone.TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
  > > news:udUdG8ZfDHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
   > > > Is the intermittent errors all occurring with the same script or
 > different
   > > > scripts? Is one script *always* returning this error?
   > > >
   > > > CGIs need to comply to more rigorous standards on IIS6, starting with
   > > > stating the content type.
   > > >
   > > > --
   > > > //David
   > > > IIS
   > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
  > > rights.
   > > > //
   > > > "Robbie Wallis" <robbie.wallis.TakeThisOut@virgin.net> wrote in message
   > > > news:OpyQU%23TfDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
   > > > Hello,
   > > > Having problems with PHP and Perl on busyish win2003 standard servers.
   > > > Intermittently we will get
   > > >
   > > > "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete
 > set
  > > of
   > > > HTTP headers."
   > > >
   > > > Any ideas?
   > > >
   > > > Robbie
   > > >
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
 >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Intermittent CGI Errors IIS6