Re: How do you debug CGIDEV2 programs

I call a C/L program that tries to add a library that doesn't exist to the
library list. This will cause a message in QSYSOPR, which will give you
the job name. Once you have set up debugging for the job, just answer 'I'
to continue.

Albert

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Maassel, John R. <John_Maassel@xxxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

We *used* to modify the program and put a DLYJOB 30 command in near the
top of the RPG program to be debugged. Then WRKACTJOB shows a single web
server job in delayed status, and we can get into STRSRVJOB and STRDBG
before the delay runs out. The trick is remembering to remove the DLYJOB
before promoting it back to production.

This isn't a good idea for production jobs. Many of the developers here
have switched to RDP for debugging Web jobs, and that's the way I teach
people to debug them.

John Maassel
Lead Programmer/Analyst
Bob Evans Farms, Inc


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On Behalf Of Darryl Freinkel
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Subject: How do you debug CGIDEV2 programs

Debugging a CGIDEV program is not an easy process. The reason for this is
that you will not know which job to set your debug session on. Typically,
the server side programs (RPG) are run in subsystem QHTTPSVR. If you are
using vanilla configurations of CGIDEV2, you will see several jobs running
in QHTTPSVR with the job name CGIDEV2APA. There will be at least 2 jobs
that will service your call and depending on what is going on in your
system there could be more. The problem is which job will be executed when
you run the call.

You could use the green screen STRSRVJOB and STRDBG, but which job are you
going to monitor. There is also the Java debugger which essentially has the
same issue.

I found the best way to debug a CGI program is to use one of the
WDSc/RDi/RDp tools from IBM/Lotus. There you can start a SEP (Debug(service
Entry)/Service entry point) which does the best job of finding and
debugging your program. It automagically locates and debugs the program
from whichever job it happens to be called from.

Darryl Freinkel | Assignment 400 Group, Inc.
Tel: 770.321.8562 ext 111 | Fax 770.321.8562



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