[Xitami] SSI

[xitami@lists.xitami.org]

Please bear with me, I've read through the docs but the light bulb is just
not quite lighting up for me.

I create CGI applications in compiled (.exe) form on the Win32 platform.
What I'm trying to do, and I think it can be done, is use SSI to dynamically
add components to my web page.  Specifically, I want to create a drop down
list in a form from items in a database.  I can code the CGI portion (i.e.
grab the data out of the database and format the proper form code for the
drop-down menu) but I can't quite make the final link to get the .SSI page
to include this part.

In my .SSI page, I have a line:  <!--#exec
cgi="http://www.byrneworld.com/cgi-bin/ezcount.exe"-->

The ezcount.exe program exists in this location, but the resulting page
shows [xitami SSI:]  (the error code format as defined in the SSI page on
xitami's configuration page) but I don't know what the error is, how to find
any further information on it, or why its happening.

I would *greatly* appreciate it if someone could tell me in rather basic
terms how to use SSI (assuming I can do this).

TIA,
--Joe