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Subject: Re: HTTP Post via Sql/RPG
From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:37:50 -0400
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 9:03 PM Ricky Thompson <rickyt29@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am creating a zip file on the IFS. I then define the zip file as a
SQLTYPE(CLOB_FILE). I then use SYSTOOLS.HTTPPOSTCLOB to send the CLOB_FILE
to the web service. This seems to be sending fine but the encoding seems
off to me.

I don't use those tools personally, so please forgive my ignorance, but...

Since a zip file is binary data, would you not want to define it as a
BLOB (rather than a CLOB)? And then use HTTPPOSTBLOB?

John Y.

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