Re: I think I've asked before: easy way for ILE RPG program to know whether it's running in a batch job or an interactive job?

Oh I agree - the program, in my opinion, would not benefit from this - might have go to the OP and see what they wanted this for.

Nonetheless, setting UP the subsystem so that it runs more like interactive is a good-enough idea, I think. And this would be doing something with subsystems. As I mentioned, I do seem to recall that one of the ERP vendors suggests making such changes for their browser interface.

Vern

On 1/18/2013 2:57 PM, CRPence wrote:

That implies the issue is resolved by Work Management. So again, why
would a program need to know the answer? A program should be given
inputs which tell program what to do, so why would the program need to
know "whether it's running in a 'web server' job?" if that program has
been told what to do?

Regards, Chuck

On 18 Jan 2013 12:11, Vernon Hamberg wrote:

The issue as originally formed was that server jobs are basically
batch jobs, but web server jobs behave like interactive ones. One of
the ERP vendors, as I recall, even talks about making adjustments
that will accommodate this and maybe help performance some. I don't
think those suggestions require figuring OUT the status, you set up a
subsystem description or prestart job entries or something like
that.

On 1/18/2013 12:35 PM, CRPence wrote:

On 17 Jan 2013 13:56, Jon Paris wrote:

On 17 Jan 2013 11:14, Rory Hewitt wrote:

The TYPE value for RTVJOBA returns '1' for INT jobs and '0'
for everything else, I believe. I can't think that any of the
other types could be an interactive job, under any meaningful
definition of the word 'interactive' as it applies to jobs on
the i.

True - unless of course one thinks of a web app as interactive.
Which is a "meaningful" definition but admittedly not in the
conventional IBM meaning of "interactive".

I've yet to find an API that will tell me if I am running in a
web server job.

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So... Suppose the answer is known, whether the program is "running
in a web server job?" What does knowing that information then allow
the program to do and\or what does knowing that information then
preclude the program from doing? Also I am curious what difference
is there between a "web server job" and any other type of job that
might be servicing requests from elsewhere [other than an
interactive display device]?
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