CGI question......

[hhh8785]

I got this book about CGI, and in it, all it talks about is writing CGI on UNIX servers, Windows NT, MacOS, and others like that. So my questions are:

To write CGI and have people come to your website and use it, do you need to be running a server of your own? Can you do it with Win9x? Would a place like Geocities or Xoom let you upload CGI docs and have them on your site?

I figured you guys could help me. Thanks.

[Banti]

To write CGI and have people come to your website and use it, do you need to be
running a server of your own?

Yes, and the server needs to be able to handle cgi calls, such as... having an exec path that includes your cgi program such as Perl.

Can you do it with Win9x?

I do believe there are several freeware products, plus MS has a personal web server service you can install in win95B and up.

Would a place like Geocities or Xoom let you upload CGI docs and have them on your site?

Some do. They will list cgi script support or some simply state perl support, in their free offerings.

Hope that helps,
Banti