Re: Web apps on the AS/400

From: Schenck, Don <Don.Schenck@pfizer.com>
> > From: Ken.Slaugh@cm-inc.com [mailto:Ken.Slaugh@cm-inc.com]
> >  Our solution here at CMI involves a tagged pair concept  for passing
> > information to RPG programs. Our data is exchanged with a 
> > parameter in the RPG programs with the following format:
> >      ID1=Value1<tab>ID2=Value2<tab>ID3=...<crlf>ID1=Value1<tab>...

The problem with 'homegrown' formats is that too often they are ad
hoc and may be hard to extend. The above representation fails if
any 'Value' part contains 'IDx=' like in 'this value IDx= is bad'
You may improve on it (but this still a hack) by looking for '<tab>IDx='
but then the first one should start with a <tab> or the code
must make a special case out of the first one.



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