Re: CGI-RPG Parameters with different sizes

Brad,

Are you going to make that 2nd available to folks like me that bought in on
the your first book?

Dare

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Stone" <brad@bvstools.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: CGI-RPG Parameters with different sizes


> Peter,
>
> you can't rely on the data being of a certain size when read
> from a web page.  You can control it's Max size, but that's
> about it.
>
> You really should be using 1 of 2 options.
>
> 1.  Read the data in (QtmhGetEnv or QtmhRdStin, depending if
> it's a GET or POST).  Then, use QtmhCvtDB to convert the
> data into a usable format.
> 2.  Use the QzhbCGIParse API to read in each variable at a
> time.  (my preferred method).
>
> #1 is cumbersome and yucky.  #2 is as easy as pie.  My first
> e-RPG book explains #1, and my 2nd will also include #2
> (hopefully out in 3 or so months).
>
> In the meantime, I do have some wrappers that may help on my
> webpage at:
> http://www.bvstools.com/download.html
>
> The "2nd set of HTTP Procedures" contains a wrapper for the
> QzhbCGIParse API that you can use like this:
>
> eval Myfield = #CGIParse('-value myField')
>
> VERY easy to use.
>
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:04:49 -0500
>  Peter_Vidal@pall.com wrote:
> > Hi group!
> >
> > I have a Program A that is sending three parameters to a
> > Program B:
> >
> > Field 1 = 5 char long, value is '1'
> > Field 2 = 15 char long, value is '1364647'
> > Field 3 = 7 char long, value is M111110
> >
> > When I display my values on program B, I am only able to
> > receive them using a
> > data structure like this:
> >
> > DEnvData          DS
> > D   StartAtLoc                        Like(RQGDML)  (is 5
> > long)
> > D   StartAtItem                       Like(RQGDGR)  (is
> > 15 long)
> > D   StartAtOrd                   7
> >
> > However, while debugging Program B, EnvData contains the
> > following value:
> > EVAL EnvData
> > STARTATLOC OF ENVDATA = '21307'
> > STARTATITEM OF ENVDATA = '459M111110     '
> > STARTATORD OF ENVDATA = '       '
> >
> > How I can determine the right positions of the data?  Is
> > the data structure
> > poorly defined?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Peter Vidal
> > Pall Aeropower Corp.
> > Programmer Analyst
> >
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