RE: HTTP Server's jobs for CGI applications

Bob,

You'll need to use some sort of persistence.  Cookies would probably be the
easiest.  Then you can key your temp file by this cookie value (like a user
id or something that they sign on with). 

Not only will this eliminate a job per hit, but it's very easy to do.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cozzi [mailto:bobcozzi@attglobal.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 8:33 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: HTTP Server's jobs for CGI applications
> 
> 
> I'm a little confused, perhaps people on this list would know 
> for certain
> what's happening.
> 
> Does the HTTP server on the AS/400 create a new job for each 
> user of the web
> site. Specifically, I'm trying to determine if a CGI program 
> that is called,
> can create a temporary object in QTEMP and use it. My concern 
> is that if
> another user enters the same page at the same time, they will 
> be colliding
> with previous user's temporary objects.
> 
> If each user is routed to a distrinct job on the AS/400, then 
> I don't have a
> problem.
> 
> My situation is that I need to create either an outfile or a 
> user space that
> is unique for a CGI evocation. I'm worried that if every CGI 
> request is run
> in the same job, then everyone would see the same temp 
> objects. This would
> be bad. So I need a way to create temp objects that are 
> unique for each CGI
> request.
> 
> Caveat: On the otherside of the coin, if each request is in a 
> distinct job,
> how many jobs are created on an AS/400 when there's a million 
> hits per day?
> 
> Bob Cozzi
> 
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