Re: asdbget

[pcunnane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

"I'e been working with Sean Porterfield (well, mostly not working, just 
observing bugs really), expect a new release soon.  Right now there are some 
character translation issues relating to not having an understanding of 
translation maps like 5250 does, and an XML format issue which may not be an 
issue but a Perl XML::Parser bug.  That and an issue with different releases 
of OS/400 have different record lengths for DSPFFD output, which we use to 
translate the file."
     
     Hmm.  Usually the best way around release inconsistencies like the 
     DSPFFD problem you encountered is to use the system APIs to retrieve 
     the same information.  The formats returned from these APIs are 
     guaranteed not to change between OS/400 releases.
     
     Unfortunately, the API (QUSLFLD) writes its output to a user space, 
     not to a file, so there is no (obvious) way to FTP the results back to 
     the client.  Shame, because the APIs tend to be orders of magnitude 
     faster than command-line equivalents.  I'll keep thinking about this 
     one...
     
"Now that I've discouraged you from using it <g>, try it, see if it works, 
and feedback is much appreciated."
     
     In XML_putc() the question is asked: /* What's &apos; ? */  I assume 
     the answer is 'apostrophe', or single quote.  Also, would it be 
     possible to get the program to prompt for a user ID and password?  I 
     don't like the idea of my password being stored in the shell command 
     history file.
     
     (I'd hack it myself, but my C code is horrible...)
     
     ____________
     Paul Cunnane
     Mattel Interactive
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