RE: Strange QtmhCvtDB problem

Now why would I tell you? <vbg>

There is no value *USER and *SUPER will only work under a very limited set
of circumstances.  Call it repetitive redundancy over and over again...

Joel R. Cochran
Director of Internet Services
VamaNet.com
(800)480-8810
mailto:webmaster@vamanet.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 4:29 PM
> To: 'web400@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: [WEB400] Strange QtmhCvtDB problem
>
>
> Joel,
>
> I don't use QtmhCvtDB so I can't help there, but I have a
> question. What is
> AUTHCODE (value *SUPER in your example) and what happens when
> a *badguy with
> a value of *USER changes it to *SUPER before posting his
> response? Just
> curious <G>
>
> -Walden
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel R. Cochran [mailto:jrc@masi-brac.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 13:13
> To: 'web400@midrange.com'
> Subject: [WEB400] Strange QtmhCvtDB problem
>
>
> I'm experiencing a strange problem with QtmhCvtDB.
>
> I have a web page submitting the following form:
>
> <form name="update" method="post" action="myCGI">
> <input type="hidden" name="STATS" value="p76453tr">
> <input type="hidden" name="SESSION"
> value="jsmasi-bracjoelc81853682"> <input
> type="hidden" name="AUTHCODE" value="*SUPER"> <input type="hidden"
> name="CLIENTID" value="demo"> <input type="hidden"
> name="AXTYPE" value="R">
> <input type="hidden" name="AXLOC" value="SWVA"> <input type="text"
> name="BEGDATE" value="08/05/2002"> <input type="text" name="ENDDATE"
> value="08/05/2007"> </form>
>
> In debug, the Environment variable String passed to QtmhCvtDB
> look like
> this...
>
> STATS=p76453tr
> &SESSION=jsmasi-bracjoelc81853682
> &AUTHCODE=*SUPER
> &CLIENTID=demo
> &AXTYPE=R
> &AXLOC=SWVA
> &BEGDATE=08/05/2002
> &ENDDATE=08/05/2007
>
>
> The file used by QtmhCvtDB is defined like this:
>
> A          R AUTH5R
> A            STATS        128
> A            SESSION       60
> A            AUTHCODE      15
> A            CLIENTID      15
> A            AXTYPE         1
> A            AXLOC         10
> A            BEGDATE       10
> A            ENDDATE       10
>
>
> But after the call to QtmhCvtDB the last variable (ENDDATE)
> in the DS is not
> populated...
>
> STATS OF ENVDS =
>           ....5...10...15...20...25...30...35...40...45...50...55...60
>      1   'p76453tr
> '
>     61   '
> '
>    121   '        '
> SESSION OF ENVDS =
>          'jsmasi-bracjoelc81853682
>         '
> AUTHCODE OF ENVDS = '*SUPER         '
> CLIENTID OF ENVDS = 'demo           '
> AXTYPE OF ENVDS = 'R'
> AXLOC OF ENVDS = 'SWVA      '
> BEGDATE OF ENVDS = '08/05/2002'
> ENDDATE OF ENVDS = '          '
>
>
> The fields are all named correctly, the data is present.
> What else couldbe
> causing this?  I've never had a problem with QtmhCvtDB before...
>
> TIA,
>
> Joel R. Cochran
> Director of Internet Services
> VamaNet.com
> (800)480-8810
> mailto:webmaster@vamanet.com
>
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