[ic] global usertag on hosted server

[Ed LaFrance]

At 02:20 PM 03/28/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I am writing a usertag to be placed on my hosted server and I have put
>it in my home directory and included it in my catalog.cfg. It uses
>things like IO::Socket::Inet and even the lowly push and all those
>things cause it to break and just return the line used to call it. I
>suspect that it is going through safe and that's why it won't compile.

Yep. Things like that can only be done at the IC server level (i.e., a 
server-level UserTag or GlobalSub).


>Now I might have to break down and have it defined in interchange.cfg as
>a globalsub. So, would I be able to define it in interchange.cfg but
>locate it in my home directory so I could do the edit/test/repeat cycle
>without having to bother my host admin every time?

No, because the IC server has to be restarted each time you make any 
changes to a global UserTag or Globalsub.


>Or could I set up a
>symlink or other redirect to give me access to only that file located in
>the non-public area?
>
>Or what about just putting my function inline in the page where I want
>it (ord/checkout) inside some perl tags?

You won't be able to use the external perl modules in that configuration.


>My usertag works great here on my home machine but I need it to work on
>the server.

Unless your host is uncommonly cooperative, you really need your own IC 
install.  That means either a dedicated server, or a shared hosting account 
in which you get your own private IC server installation; there are a few 
of us who offer the latter.

- Ed L.

>

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