RE: CGI problem

I just stated this because I had the same problem when we moved from V3R2 to
V4R2.  They updated a lot of the HTML functions between versions and this is
exactly what I had to do.

Bradley V. Stone
Taylor Corporation - OASIS Programmer/Analyst   
bvstone@taylorcorp.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Coulter [SMTP:shc@flybynight.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 2:17 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: CGI problem
> 
> Hello Brad,
> 
> I think Neil is on the right track with the memo to user's but I wanted to
> comment on the signature change.
> 
> IBM service programs are not supposed to allow the signature to change
> even if the modules or procedures 
> change.  The last I knew was that IBM service programs were supposed to be
> created with the service program 
> name as the signature (e.g., QTMHCGI) and the service program author
> assumes responsibility for ensuring the 
> program works correctly (i.e., procedure positions do not change).
> 
> The net is you should never get a signature violation from an IBM service
> program and you should NEVER have 
> to recompile YOUR code just to get the new signature.  (That is really the
> point of multiple signature 
> support in service programs).
> 
> In fact, if you get signature violations from IBM service programs on
> upgrades (and there is no notice of 
> this possibility in the memo to users) then I'd be raising an APAR on that
> program.
> 
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
> 
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> > Date: Wed, 02 Dec 98 17:37:35 -0600
> > From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
> > To: "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: CGI problem
> 
> > 
> > Chances are the QTMHCGI service program was changed, changing the
> signature
> > of the service program.  This is most likely why your program is
> bombing.
> > Try recompiling any programs that use this service program.  If you were
> to
> > debug the http job (how to do this is explained actually pretty well
> inthe
> > IBM manuals), you would probably see a signature violation error.
> > 
> > Give it a shot...  To verify this, before recompile, do a DSPPGM on your
> CGI
> > program and look at the signature of the Service Program in question.
> Then
> > do the same for the service program.  They probably will be different.
> (And
> > long.. they look like this...  000E15105B5A878C93B56CB5E813152B)
> > 
> > Bradley V. Stone
> > Taylor Corporation - OASIS Programmer/Analyst       
> > bvstone@taylorcorp.com
> > 
> 
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