RE: Net.Data

Being able to process credit cards requires certification by the financial
institution that is processing the card transactions.  They are not very
flexible in how this must be done.  At the very minimum you must have a
secure server and not allow credit card information to be sent via email.

In addition, the connection to the credit card processor follows specific
protocols.  Net.Data does not have the capabilities in it to do this.
Neither does CGI programming by itself.  For the AS/400, IBM has a product
for ecommerce called payment processing (it is actually a program product
that you order)  that has all the interfaces built into it and the correct
protocols.

Each card has a different way that the payment is cleared.  (i.e. MasterCard
is different from Visa which is different from American Express, which is
different from Discover, etc).  Also most credit card processors require a
review of how you are processing the cards and they want to know
specifically how the internet transactions are processed.  (It is a lot
easier to get approved if you are already have a merchant account).  The
process can take several weeks and will require a credit check if you do not
already have an account...

A lot depends on what you mean by eCommerce.  If you are interested I can
provide more information.  I have set this up a few times at different
locations and each time is a little different than the last...

Dave Miller
J. Quint & Associates
Phone(310) 636-1163 Fax (310) 636-1162
email: dlmiller@jquint.com
www.jquint.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Stone, Brad V (TC)
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 10:55 AM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Net.Data
>
>
> I know eRPG will do shopping carts, credit cards, etc...  Not sure about
> Net.Data because I've never taken it that far.
>
> Brad
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Miller [mailto:dlmiller@jquint.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:39 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Net.Data
> >
> >
> > Net.Data is a serious resource hog.  You would get better
> > performance by
> > writing a CGI-RPG program at the least.  It isn't that
> > difficult and you can
> > put any kind of security logic in it you want.  In regards to
> > e-commerce...
> > what exactly are you talking about?  If you are talking about shopping
> > carts, catalogs and taking credit cards over the internet it
> > won't work.
> > You will need to get Websphere Professional Suite for that...
> >
> > Dave Miller
> > J. Quint & Associates
> > Phone(310) 636-1163 Fax (310) 636-1162
> > email: dlmiller@jquint.com
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Chris Whisonant
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 1:00 PM
> > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > > Subject: Net.Data
> > >
> > >
> > > Our company is in the process of implementing a trial on a test
> > > AS/400.  Our goal in the future is to allow customers access to
> > > their bills
> > > or to place orders.  I have been researching Net.Data as a possible
> > > solution.  I may have missed the answer in my reading, but
> > will Net.Data
> > > allow me to access a file in another library on the AS/400?
> > > Also, will it
> > > allow me to implement e-commerce on a small scale?  I know
> > I must delve
> > > into this more; I'm still in a research phase.  Security will be
> > > dealt with
> > > once we find out we can access the bills.  I'm hoping to be able
> > > to access
> > > it through specific parameters within the file such as a
> > customer number.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate any information and even suggestions into
> > > other possible
> > > software with which to do this.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
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