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    PDS error in apache_log: PDSTabService.pm

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    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20

    Problem Symptoms:
    PDS does not work with Aleph.
    In the Apache error_log the following error displays:

    [Mon Sep 24 10:56:20 2012] [error] Can't use string ("0") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at /exlibris/aleph/a20_1/pds/program/PDSTabService.pm line 193.\n

    Cause:
    In file ./pds/program/PDSDefinitions, placeholders (with @-sign) appear instead of actual values:

    our ($server_httpd) = "<http://server.edu:port>";
    our ($server_httpsd) = "https://server.edu:@_HTTPSD_PORT";
    our ($server_pds) = "http://server.edu:port/@_SERVER_PDS";
    our ($pds_directory) = "@_PDS_ROOT";
    our ($pds_programs) = "$pds_directory"."\/program";
    our ($pds_html_form) = "$pds_directory"."\/html_form";
    our ($pds_conf_table) = "$pds_directory"."\/conf_table";
    our ($pds_proc) = "$pds_directory"."\/service_proc";
    our ($pds_icon) = "$server_httpd/$pds_html_form"."\/icon";
    our ($logdir_directory) = "@_LOG_DIR";
    our ($tmp_directory) = "@_TMP_DIR";
    our ($debug) = "@_PDS_DEBUG";
    our ($exlibrisgateway) = "N";
    our ($default_con_lng) = "@_DEF_CON_LNG";
    our ($pds_files) = "$pds_directory"."\/pds_files";
    our ($pds_cookie_exp) = "@_COOKIE_EXP";
    our ($pds_utf_prog) = "N";
    if ($debug ne 'Y') {
    $debug = '';
    }
    1;
    ~

    Resolution:
    *Placeholders in ./pds/program/PDSDefinitions should be replaced by actual values. Like this:

    our ($server_httpd) = "http://server.edu:8991";
    our ($server_httpsd) = "https://server.edu";
    our ($server_pds) = "http://server.edu:8991/pds";
    our ($pds_directory) = "/exlibris/aleph/a20_1/pds";
    our ($pds_programs) = "$pds_directory"."\/program";
    our ($pds_html_form) = "$pds_directory"."\/html_form";
    our ($pds_conf_table) = "$pds_directory"."\/conf_table";
    our ($pds_proc) = "$pds_directory"."\/service_proc";
    our ($pds_icon) = "$server_httpd/$pds_html_form"."\/icon";
    our ($logdir_directory) = "/exlibris/aleph/a20_1/log";
    our ($tmp_directory) = "/exlibris/aleph/a20_1/tmp";
    our ($debug) = "Y";
    our ($exlibrisgateway) = "N";
    our ($default_con_lng) = "ENG";
    our ($pds_files) = "$pds_directory"."\/pds_files";
    our ($pds_cookie_exp) = "0M";
    our ($pds_utf_prog) = "";
    if ($debug ne 'Y') {
    $debug = '';
    }
    1;

    *If this still does not help, re-install PDS:

    1. Save aside all the files under ./pds/conf_table directory
    2. Type the three lines below:
    cd install_component
    ll
    csh -f install_all.csh

    Category: Web OPAC (500)

    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013