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Why?

It doesn't have the flexibility of HTTPAPI and doesn't run as quickly in most cases - I suspect because of the underlying use of Java. Once/If IBM get round to using C/C++ routines under the covers it may improve.

It has other downsides although I don't recall all the details. I seem to remember that authenticating to some kinds of service was one of the issues.

To each their own - I was using HTTPAPI long before SQL offered these options. I also use Python and PHP for this purpose - not not when RPG is in charge of the process.



On Jul 21, 2020, at 4:33 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Next question (remember, this is all new ground for me so the questions are pretty low-level):

Wouldn't one use json_table() today?

From working code:

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**exec sql select * into :wCity, :wCountry, :wID from json_table(systools.httpgetclob(:URL, ''), 'lax $' columns( CITY varchar(50) path '$.name', COUNTRY varchar(2) path '$.sys.country', ID dec(10) path '$.id') empty on error); **

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On 7/21/2020 9:00 AM, Jon Paris wrote:
That is what he was talking about Booth.

Most think of IWS as the Server part. WSDL2RPG is the client side.

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