Re: CGI-RPG Parameters with different sizes

["Joep Beckeringh" <joep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter,

When you create a link like this, all data after the question mark can be
retrieved by the calling program as environment variable QUERYSTRING (I take
it that that is why you use data structure EnvDta).  The common way to
identify parameters to the CGI program is to use name-value pairs, e.g.:

Eval      WebOut = '<a href="http://pacnet/cgi-rpg/FD003R4?'
          + 'location=' + %trim(Location) + '&'
          + 'mfitem=' + %trim(mfitem) + '&'
          + 'mordno=' + %trim(mordno) + '">'

With location '1', mfitem '1364647' and mordno 'M111110' this would evaluate
to:
<a
href="http://pacnet/cgi-rpg/FD003R4?location=1&mfitem=1364647&mordno=M11110";
>

The CGI program can parse the query string into the individual parameters
through QzhbCGIParse or QtmhCvtDB as Bradley mentioned.

Joep Beckeringh


----- Original Message -----
From: <Peter_Vidal@pall.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: CGI-RPG Parameters with different sizes


>
> Joep:
>
> My CALLER program (FD003R) creates dynamically an HTML page and a link to
my
> CALLED program (FD003R4).  The link is created as follows:
>
> Eval      WebOut = '<a href="http://pacnet/cgi-rpg/FD003R4?'
>           + %trim(Location)
>           + %trim(mfitem)
>           + mordno
>
> In here, (Location) is 5 long, (mfitem) is 15 long and mordno is 7 long,
all
> character fields.  If this is the case, I should be sending just one field
with
> these three values in it, isn't that right?  If that is the case, that
means
> that having a data structure in the CALLED program will not help me in
identify
> these three parms that are coming in(Thinking out loud)
>
> I am about to analyze the API QzhbCgiParse but, can you correct me in my
> previous thoughts and if there is a logical answer about how to handle
> effectively this one field into the three corresponding parameter values
that
> are inside?
>
> <-------------------------------->
> Peter,