Contents

• Texis Web Script
  • Overview
    • Technical Details
    • Directives
    • Functions
      • Script Functions
      • User Functions
      • Builtin Functions
    • Statements
    • Variables
      • Variable Values
      • Variable Types
      • Variable Scope: Global vs. Local
      • Variable Precedence and Initialization
      • Variables from Multi-part File Uploads
    • Execution
    • URL Syntax
      • CGI Mapping by Directory
      • Full Syntax
      • Examples
  • Vortex Statements
    • A - function definition
      • Function Scope
      • Function Parameters
      • Pass-by-Value Arguments
      • Pass-by-Reference Arguments
      • Start Functions with Parameters
    • IF, ELSE, ELSEIF - conditional execution
    • SWITCH - multi-choice branch
    • Variable assignment - assign values to variables
    • LOCAL - declare local variables
    • LOOP - iterate through variables
    • SQL - execute SQL statement
      • Parameter Substitution
      • SQL Command Construction
      • Multi-value Variables
      • Complex Field Names
      • Special SQL Variables
    • DB - set database path
    • USER, PASS - set user and password
    • WHILE - conditional loop
    • READLN - read file a line at a time
    • WRITE - write to file
    • EXEC - execute program
    • CAPTURE - capture output
    • TIMPORT - general purpose data import
    • BREAK - exit loop
    • CONTINUE - continue loop
    • RETURN - exit current function
    • VERB - raw output
  • Vortex Directives
    • TIMEOUT - set timeout
    • EXPORT - retain variables across invocations
      • EXPORT Types
      • Flags
    • PUTMSG - set error message actions
    • ENTRYFUNC, EXITFUNC - set entry/exit functions
    • USES - use a module
    • SCHEDULE - schedule periodic execution of script
    • COOKIES - control cookie import
    • STACK - set stack limit
    • TRACESQL - trace SQL calls
    • SQLCACHE - control SQL handle caching
    • TRAP - trap signals
    • pragma - inline compiler directive
  • Special Variables
    • $cmd
    • $cmdlnargs
    • $errnum, $errscript, $errline, $errmsg, $errfunc, $errvfunc
    • $indexcount
    • $rows.min, $rows.max
    • $loop
    • $next
    • $null
    • $pathroot
    • $ret
    • $ret.count
    • $ret.seq
    • $ret.off
    • $ret.err, $ret.owner, $ret.group, $ret.size, $ret.isrd, $ret.iswr, $ret.isex, $ret.mode, $ret.atime, $ret.mtime, $ret.ctime, $ret.depth, $ret.symlink, $ret.sympath, $ret.nlinks, $ret.devtype, $ret.dev, $ret.ino, $ret.blks, $ret.blksize
    • $sourcepath
    • $url
    • $urlfunc, $urlext
    • $urlq
    • $urlroot
    • $userpath
  • Builtin Functions
    • sum - return sum of variable values
    • fmt, strfmt - formatted output
      • Escape Sequences
      • Standard Formats
      • Standard Flags
      • Printing Date/Time Values
      • Other Format Codes
      • Extended Flags
      • Metamorph Hit Mark-up
      • Automatic Typecasting
    • fmtcp - set fmt control parameters
    • mm - enable/disable automatic hit markup
    • sb - enable/disable automatic search and replace
    • apicp - modify Metamorph query control parameters
      • Query Protection
      • Query Processing
    • sqlcp - modify low-level SQL control parameters
    • pagelinks - paginate SQL results
    • read - read files
    • send - print raw data
    • spew - print files
    • flush - flush output
    • header - print HTTP header
    • rex, split - regular expression search
      • REX Expression Syntax
      • REX Expression Repetition Operators
      • REX Caveats and Commentary
      • Some Useful REX Expressions
    • sandr - regular expression search and replace
      • Replacement Strings
    • strstr, strstri - find substring in string
    • substr - extract substring from string
    • strcmp, strcmpi - compare strings
    • strncmp, strnicmp - compare strings, fixed length
    • strlen - length of string
    • strrev - reverse string
    • upper - convert to upper case
    • lower - convert to lower case
    • strfold - fold string by case
    • strfoldcmp - compare strings folded by case
    • sort - sort variables
    • uniq, uniqcount - produce unique list of values
    • count - return number of variable values
    • strtonum - convert string to number
    • rand - generate pseudo-random number
    • randpick - return pseudo-random value of a variable
    • srand - seed the pseudo-random number generator
    • exit - exit program
    • fetch - fetch URLs
    • submit - submit HTML form
    • urlinfo - get detailed page info
    • urltext, urllinks - get formatted text, URL links
    • urlcp - modify URL control parameters
      • Resource Limits
      • Page Fetching
      • Server Authorization
      • Formatted Text
      • Links
      • Headers
      • JavaScript
      • Cookies
      • Hostname Resolution
      • Informational/Trace
      • Miscellaneous
    • urlutil - URL parsing utility
    • nslookup - domain name and IP address lookup
    • nsinfo - get info from last name lookup
    • options - print options list
    • radiobutton - print radio buttons list
    • checkbox - print checkbox list
    • cal - print a calendar with links
    • calrule - translate a calendar rule and iterate dates
    • calendar - print calendar form
    • caldate - create date list from calendar submission
    • clist - create comma-separated list
    • slist - create Metamorph set list
    • wordlist, wordcount - get words and frequencies from index
    • createdb - create database
    • adminsql - execute arbitrary SQL
    • loguser - log user accesses
    • userstats - get user statistics
    • resetstats - reset user statistics
    • abstract - generate an abstract from text
    • rmcommon - remove common prefix/suffix from text
    • pwencrypt - encrypt Unix-style password
    • encrypt - encrypt data
    • decrypt - decrypt data
    • readvars - read URL-encoded variables
    • varinfo - get miscellaneous variable information
    • getvar - get variable values
    • setvar - set a named variable
    • vxcp - set Vortex control parameters
    • vxinfo - get miscellaneous Vortex information
    • hash - produce a hash or checksum for data
    • geo2code - latitude/longitude encoding for regional search
    • code2geo - decode latitude/longitude encoding
    • pdfxml - convert Metamorph hit to PDF markup information
    • xtree - maintain sorted list of values
    • profiler - assist in searching query profiles
    • sleep - sleep for a while
    • sysinfo - get system-specific information
    • syscp - set system-specific information
    • sysutil - file and system utilities
    • stat - obtain file size and attributes
    • getpid - get process id
    • procexists - see if process exists
    • kill - terminate or send a signal to a process
    • loadavg - return system load averages
  • Vortex Library Modules
    • Vortex Module Creation
    • Vortex Module Revision
    • Using Modules in Scripts
    • Vortex Library Option Summary
  • Vortex Scheduling
    • Listing Scheduled Scripts
    • Unscheduling Scripts
    • Schedule Option Summary
  • Creating User Functions
    • Declaration and Argument Syntax
    • I/O
    • Compiling and Linking
  • Vortex Command Line Options
    • Differences Between Vortex, tsql and Metamorph API
  • Vortex texis.cnf Configuration Settings
  • Vortex Error Messages
    • Capturing Vortex Errors
    • Changing Logging and Printing of Vortex Messages
    • Avoiding putmsg Side Effects
    • Capturing Compile-time Error Messages
    • Fatal Vortex Error Messages
    • Common Vortex Errors
• Texis Web Server
  • vhttpd Overview
  • vhttpd Config File
    • vhttpd Log and Path Settings
    • vhttpd URL Settings
    • vhttpd OS Settings
    • vhttpd Optimization Settings
    • vhttpd Miscellaneous Settings
  • vhttpd Command Line Options
  • vhttpd CGI Environment Variables