Re: CGI questions

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Bruce wrote:
>1. Can we play with cookies (to store session state for example) in RPG
CGI
>programs? (not with JavaScript     on client side). Any examples?

Cookies are set by writing the appropriate stuff to the HTTP
header.  I can't remember how to query cookies in an RPG
program, but check out <http://www.cookiecentral.com/> for
lots of information on cookies.

Also, remember that I'm not the only person who has my
cookies.txt file soft-linked to /dev/null.  Cookies aren't a
reliable method to keep track of particular user sessions.

>2. The maximum length of character field in RPG is 32767? How can we build
>large page that has more than         32767 characters? (since the output
>API QtmhWrStout uses a single string to write the built page to the
>HTTP server/browser)

No, the maximum as of V4R4 is 65535 characters.  (If
you're still on V4R2, you can get 65535 long char
fields with PTF SF48553.)

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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