RE: HTTP Server's jobs for CGI applications

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

You'll need to use some sort of persistence.  Cookies would probably be the
easiest.  Then you can key your temp file by this cookie value (like a user
id or something that they sign on with). 

Not only will this eliminate a job per hit, but it's very easy to do.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cozzi [mailto:bobcozzi@attglobal.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 8:33 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: HTTP Server's jobs for CGI applications
> 
> 
> I'm a little confused, perhaps people on this list would know 
> for certain
> what's happening.
> 
> Does the HTTP server on the AS/400 create a new job for each 
> user of the web
> site. Specifically, I'm trying to determine if a CGI program 
> that is called,
> can create a temporary object in QTEMP and use it. My concern 
> is that if
> another user enters the same page at the same time, they will 
> be colliding
> with previous user's temporary objects.
> 
> If each user is routed to a distrinct job on the AS/400, then 
> I don't have a
> problem.
> 
> My situation is that I need to create either an outfile or a 
> user space that
> is unique for a CGI evocation. I'm worried that if every CGI 
> request is run
> in the same job, then everyone would see the same temp 
> objects. This would
> be bad. So I need a way to create temp objects that are 
> unique for each CGI
> request.
> 
> Caveat: On the otherside of the coin, if each request is in a 
> distinct job,
> how many jobs are created on an AS/400 when there's a million 
> hits per day?
> 
> Bob Cozzi
> 
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