Re: URL Query String Encode and Decode in RPGLE

[Suren K <suren7437@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Birgitta,

URL_ENCODE and URL_DECODE in QSYS2 schema are processing faster within a
millisecond.

Thanks a lot Brigitta and Stefan for your assistance. I really appreciate
your help.

Regards,
Suren

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 3:21 AM Birgitta Hauser <Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> First try to use the URL_ENCODE and URL_DECODE Functions in the QSYS2
> schema
> (and no longer the functions in the SYSTOOLS library).
> The functions in the QSYS2 library do not need JAVA and supports strings
> longer than 2048 characters.
>
> ... and C is always faster than JAVA
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
>
> Birgitta Hauser
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Suren K
> Sent: Friday, 2 June 2023 08:10
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> Subject: Reg: URL Query String Encode and Decode in RPGLE
>
> Hi All,
>
> Currently, I am doing URL Query String Encode and Decode process using the
> SYSTOOLS scalar function
>
> exec sql set :EncodedString = SYSTOOLS.URLENCODE(:Input,'UTF-8');
> exec sql set :DecodedString = SYSTOOLS.URLDECODE(:Input,'UTF-8');
>
> When I see the performance metrics for these two SQL statements, it is
> taking a minimum of 3 milliseconds to 6 milliseconds to process each
> statement.
>
> I tried using Scott Klement's URL Encode function http_setCCSIDs(1208:0);
> EncodedString = http_urlEncode(Input);
>
> Scott Klement's encode function is processing within a millisecond, but we
> don't have a decoding function.
>
> Could you please guide me to understand why the IBMi-provided function is
> taking more time to process? Also, am I missing something in the SQL
> statement which is causing the delay?
>
> Regards,
> Suren
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