RE: Web?

["Bleddyn Williams" <bleddyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jean if you want to see samples of what Net.Data can do visit IGNITe/400, we
are in the process right now of updating the site. But lots of code can be
found in http://www.ignite400.org/html/macro_examples.htm. The forum that we
have there for eBusiness is powered by Net.Data. I have also done a lot of
work using SQL stored procedures across machines, as a way to access remote
RPG programs with Net.Data as the front end. Then passing parameters back
and forth, even using single strings to pass multiple parameters, so you can
create an interface through the stored procedure that could have an NT or
UNIX webserving front end. The word is also IBM wont be dumping Net.Data any
time soon, its still seen as a great way to build Web based sites.

Thanks Bleddyn

http://www.ignite400.org/html/newsletter.htm - eBusiness Newsletter




Jean,

After experimenting with a number of ways to "get our 400 on the web" (like
Seagull's JWalk and Lotus Domino), we've settled on using the IBM HTTP
Server to serve static web pages and Net.Data to call RPG programs for
dynamic content (via Net.Data's DTW_DIRECTCALL function).

We have played with using just RPG for CGI programming, but it doesn't
match well with our skill sets around here.  Our RPG coders don't know HTML
or XML (and for the most part are not interested in learning), and I still
don't know much RPG yet, but I picked up Net.Data quickly (my background is
HTML, JavaScript, Active Server Pages and Visual Basic).  It lets us keep
all of our business logic in RPG, and just use Net.Data to generate the
HTML or XML to display to the user.  It's not perfect, but it works out
pretty well for us.  My only fear is that IBM dumps Net.Data.  Performance
is pretty nice, even on our old model 170.

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