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RE: Strange CGI, some progress

  • Subject: RE: Strange CGI, some progress
  • From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:54:21 -0600
 
That's why I'd like to see the source that is saved with IE5.  I've done
this before and never had this problem.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Jin [mailto:brucej@mrc-productivity.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:23 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Strange CGI, some progress
> 
> 
> Stone,
> 
> I was using IE5 for all the experiment.
> Today I used Netscape 4.7 and everything works!
> 
> 1) The input string from the search page (generated by 
> CGIPGM0) is presented
> to HTTP server correctly (as is in IE5)
> 
> 2) The input string from the search page (a html file saved 
> from  CGIPGM0
> output)  is olso presented to HTTP server correctly! (not as 
> is in IE5)
> 
> I then started IE5 again and the 2) above does not work as I described
> before.
> 
> There is something (maybe a bug) in IE5 that I don't understand.
> 
> 
> Bj
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Jin <brucej@mrc-productivity.com>
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 6:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Strange CGI
> 
> 
> >Stone:
> >
> >When CGIPGM0 generates the page, I view the source code and 
> it looks OK:
> ><INPUT  size=15  type="text" name="INPUT01"> etc..
> >
> >Then I click submit, the value of INPUT01 is presented to the server
> >correctly as I described earlier.
> >
> >Then I saved this source code to IFS and display the same 
> page using this
> >saved html instead of using CGIPGM0.
> >Then I click submit, the value of INPUT01 is presented to the server
> >incorrectly as I described earlier. The code page of this 
> html file is 437.
> >
> >I also tried to save the source code to a source file member 
> and evoke the
> >search page using this source. The value of INPUT01 is 
> presented to the
> >server incorrectly too. I am not sure if code page comes 
> into play in this
> >situation.
> >
> >By the way, I am using a service program (downloaded from
> >easy400.ibm.it.com) to get input string. In all situations, 
> the input parms
> >of the procedure are all the same. But the output is 
> different based on if
> >the search page is generated by CGIPGM0 or the search is a html file.
> >
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Bj
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Stone, Brad V (TC) <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
> >To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com' <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> >Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 3:45 PM
> >Subject: RE: Strange CGI
> >
> >
> >>Look at the source for the HTML that is generated when you 
> save CGIPGM0.
> >>What are the field names?  You're going to post more info here...
> >>
> >>Bradley V. Stone
> >>e-RPG! - www.bvstools.com/erpg.html
> >>BVS/Tools - www.bvstools.com
> >>Netshare400 - www.netshare400.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Bruce Jin [mailto:brucej@mrc-productivity.com]
> >>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 2:39 PM
> >>> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> >>> Subject: Re: Strange CGI
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Stone,
> >>>
> >>> I have %%EBCDIC%% in my EXEC directive. The question is the
> >>> CGI program is
> >>> called twice, one time it works correctly, the other time 
> it does not.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Bj
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Stone, Brad V (TC) <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
> >>> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com' <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> >>> Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 2:29 PM
> >>> Subject: RE: Strange CGI
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> >Try adding %%EBCDIC%% to the end of your EXEC directive. 
>  Like this..
> >>> >
> >>> >EXEC /cgi-bin/* /QSYS.LIB/cgilib.LIB/* %%EBCDIC%%
> >>> >
> >>> >Stop the server.  Start the server.  Try it again.
> >>> >
> >>> >Bradley V. Stone
> >>> >e-RPG! - www.bvstools.com/erpg.html
> >>> >BVS/Tools - www.bvstools.com
> >>> >Netshare400 - www.netshare400.com
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>> >> From: Bruce Jin [mailto:brucej@mrc-productivity.com]
> >>> >> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:58 PM
> >>> >> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> >>> >> Subject: Strange CGI
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Can anyone tell why the following is happening?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I have a CGI program called CGIPGM0. When I enter
> >>> >> /cgi-bin/CGIPGM0 in a
> >>> >> browser, it outputs a page with a form (method="POST") that
> >>> >> ask for input.
> >>> >> Let us call this page as Page0. I enter 'AAAAAAAAAA' into
> >>> >> input field #1 and
> >>> >> '999999.99' into input field #2. Then I click submit, CGIPGM1
> >>> >> is called to
> >>> >> process the input from Page0. I put CGIPGM1 in debug mode and
> >>> >> I can see that
> >>> >> the input string is:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> INPUT01=AAAAAAAAAA&INPUT02=999999099
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Now, I save the html source code of  Page0 (generated by
> >>> >> CGIPGM0) to IFS
> >>> >> (also tried save to a QSYS source member).  I enter its URL
> >>> >> in a browser. I
> >>> >> get EXACTLY the same page, Page0. I fill the input.
> >>> >> I click submit, the same CGIPGM1 is called (we are still in
> >>> >> the same debug
> >>> >> session).  BUT I can see that the input string is like this:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> INPUT01NAAA-=AAAAAAAAAA%D5AAA-%18%2C3%98&INPUT02NAAA-=
> >>> >> 999999%D5AAA-AAA-%18%2C3%98&
> >>> >>
> >>> >> API QtmhCvtDB errors out because only INPUT01 and INPUT02 are
> >>> >> defined in the
> >>> >> mapping database file used by this API. However the input
> >>> >> string says the
> >>> >> input field names are INPUT01NAAA- and INPUT02NAAA-!
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Any idea?
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Bj
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
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