Re: Pass Parameters from HTML doc to RPG CGI program?

[John Dorn <jdorn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad,

On a GET CGI request a Web server uses the following logic for
handling the query string (stuff after the question mark) data:
If there is an equal in the query string:
a)Yes: (e.g., http://host/cgipgm?name=value)
       Data is not passed as parameters to the program and the
       program must retrieve the QUERY_STRING environment variable
       to receive the data.
a)No:  (e.g., http://host/cgipgm?parm1+parm2)
       Data is passed as parameters to the CGI program, where spaces
       (pluses) are used to separate parameters.  In order to pass
       an equal you must escape it (i.e., %3d).

Hope this helps,
John Dorn
I/NET, Inc.

Stone, Brad V (TC) wrote:
> 
> Hello y'all.
> 
> I was working on some CGI programming.  I am using RPGIV for the CGI
> programs and now I need to know how to do something.
> 
> Is there a way to pass a parameter through an HTML link to an RPG program?
> I've seen other references that say something like...
> 
> http://link?var=value
> 
> Will pass a value to a CGI program, but it doesn't seem to work with RPG
> (expecting something to be passed into the *ENTRY program).
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?  I don't really want to have to use POST to do this.
> Thanks.
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