RE: Challenge for IBM. QzhbCGIParse API.

[Peter Connell <peterc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad,
I'm observing a strange behaviour and wonder if you've also noticed.
I've used -init with QzhbCGIParse to return the form data.
This will only work if the CGIConvMode is %%EBCDIC%%
Firstly, it appears that when the method is POST then, although the form
elements are extracted OK, any query string variables that may be appended
to the url in the form ACTION value eg ?fld1=ABC&fld2=DEF are ignored since
only stdin is read.
Secondly before the API is ever called the value the server has placed in
QUERY_STRING contains only the data up to the last = sign eg fld1=ABC&fld2=
the DEF has vanished.
Bummer.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Stone, Brad V (TC) [mailto:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:53 AM
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: Challenge for IBM. QzhbCGIParse API.


Barb, Hans, et al...

The following link is to the description of the fields that you can use for
the QzhbCGIParse API.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/QB3AEQ03/2.6.1

What I would like is an example of how you are supposed to use the -POST
command.  Even if it is something as simple as "after a POST, your
processing program calls QzhbCGIParse with a command string of -POST, and
after that you should be able to get your data by (whatever you would do)."

People have been asking me, and I've been fighting with it.  This is some of
the poorest documentation I've seen, yet it's one of the best APIs.  

So, Barb, Hans, could you pass this along to someone who may be able to
help?  Solve a mystery for us.  :)

Brad
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