Re: [Nolug] Web Development Problems

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Heh, don't worry about Ron... he'll recuperate soon enough (Ron's just
joshing you about RPG, that's all).

I got a solution for you that'll be much easier (and more secure, to boot).
Find out what SQL dialect that thing speaks, and see if you can convert the
data to MySQL. Then you can set the project up on a Linux box running known
tools like apache, PHP, etc.

Failing that, you might be able to make PHP interoperate with the existing
SQL on the AS/400 box. This would be more 1337 anyway --- you'd have a web
server with the database on a separate box.

- --Joey

Thou spake:
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>
>From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>
>>Reply-To: nolug@patientcarerx.com
>>To: NOLUG ML <nolug@patientcarerx.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Nolug] Web Development Problems
>>Date: 13 Jun 2002 23:19:35 -0500
>>
>>On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 22:51, Jeff Lee wrote:
>> > The page server is using RPG to do all of the programing ... html is
>> > incorperated in this and so is java script. Im not sure about PHP or
>> > anyother lang. I can ask tommorow but is there a way to find out if i
>>
>>have
>>
>> > capabilities of http_redir. refer. on the current server b/c i do not
>> > remember the name of it. although i know it is not apache. The RPG lang.
>>
>>can
>>
>> > handle java though i dont know if there is an added mod to handle this.
>>
>>Jeff, you owe me a 22" monitor! As soon as RPG was displayed
>>in the same window with Java & HTML, the CRT shattered into
>>a thousand pieces. It took 2 hours to pick up all of the
>>glass shards. And that was after I got home from the hospital:
>>the aberrant brain discharges caused by "RPG, Java & HTML"
>>made me have so many seizures, my wife called an ambulance...
>>
>> > >From: Scott Harney <scotth@scottharney.com>
>> > >Reply-To: nolug@patientcarerx.com
>> > >To: nolug@patientcarerx.com
>> > >Subject: Re: [Nolug] Web Development Problems
>> > >Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:58:22 -0500
>> > >
>> > >This is pretty specific to the language you're using. You would not
>> > >want to use javascript for cookie setting/tracking in this instance.
>> > >javascript is client-side language and what you need to do is all
>> > >server-side. That means using CGI or something like PHP or mod_perl or
>> > >java server pages.
>> > >
>> > >What you're looking for is known in web development circles as
>> > >"session management". You use cookies to keep track of user "sessions"
>> > >and you can control them from there. I do this all the time with PHP
>> > >and perl-based web apps.
>> > >
>> > >Typically what I'll do is create a session with a cookie and the cookie
>> > >is the "key" to a backend database (mysql, postgresql, even filesystem
>> > >only)
>> > >In that database I can store things such as the HTTP_REFERRER URL that
>> > >they started the session on. Then once they complete a form, for
>>
>>example,
>>
>> > >I can use php to set an HTTP Location: header to redirect the user back
>> > >to that original URL.
>> > >
>> > >that's an outline of what you need to do, but what you're talking about
>> > >is fairly language and platform specific. What you need to do
>> > >is find out about 'session management' using cookies in your
>>
>>environment
>>
>> > >of choice. You'll also need to know how to manipulate HTTP headers
>>
>>directly
>>
>> > >using your environment of choice.
>> > >
>> > >As you probably already know, this is a fairly common issue with web
>> > >development. If you're using an open-source setup, you'll undoubtedly
>> > >find tons of docs on the web as well as in things like O'Reilly books
>>
>>for
>>
>> > >doing this. With a proprietary vendor language, online resource
>>
>>_might_
>>
>> > >be a little harder to come by; you may need to consult with the vendor.
>> > >
>> > >On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 08:37:26PM +0000, Jeff Lee wrote:
>> > > > I am working on an AS/400 Developing web based ordering carts. A
>>
>>problem
>>
>> > >I
>> > >
>> > > > have run into is redirecting the customer back to the page he
>>
>>ordered
>>
>> > >from
>> > >
>> > > > after his order is complete.
>> > > > I have the site set up where different types of products are on
>> > >
>> > >different
>> > >
>> > > > pages and I would like the customer to be redirected back to the
>>
>>exact
>>
>> > >site
>> > >
>> > > > they ordered from. NOT to http://setsite.com/setpage.htm
>> > > > but http://referedsite.com/referedpg.htm
>> > > >
>> > > > Second I want to make sure that any customer who is using the site
>>
>>has
>>
>> > > > cookies enabled since it is the method being used to track the
>>
>>order.
>>
>> > > > I suppose that this can be done with Java Script but im not sure. I
>>
>>want
>>
>> > >to
>> > >
>> > > > check to see if they have cookies enabled (maybe by sending a test
>> > >
>> > >cookie)
>> > >
>> > > > and then if they dont i want them to be alerted.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks,
>> > > > Jeff Lee
>> > > > Think Solutions Inc.
>>
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>>+---------------------------------------------------------+
>>
>>| Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: ron.l.johnson@cox.net |
>>| Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 |
>>|
>>| "I have created a government of whirled peas..." |
>>| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, |
>>
>>! CNN, Larry King Live |
>>+---------------------------------------------------------+
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Joey Kelly
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