RE: RE: Web? -- WEB400

Falling not failing.  NetCommerce is a fine package for a single, unified 
E-Commerce solution.  My back end processing drove so MANY changes, and 
some that are web specific, that I need to create the other 10% as custom 
stuff that integrates better with the back end.  NetCommerce can't be all 
things to all people, and believe me it tries, however we purchased it 
prior to realizing that we have the in house talent to build it ourselves. 
 Result;  The site will be far more logged, we'll have more control, and we 
won't have to dig into C programs that would make grown programmers cry for 
minor changes.  NetCommerce, when you're getting into the down and dirties 
(in the version we're using, they may have fixed this) isn't using the 
AS/400 native version of NetData for it's functionality.  It has it's own 
broken version that hobbles cookies, environmental variables, and also 
takes away header processing for NetData to prevent the common programmer 
from tampering with it.  Because of this, the process is harder to maintain 
when you are programming at the metal.  I'm getting to all of the things 
that NetCommerce is preventing me from seeing using CGI programs 
(enviromental variables, and cookies) and other tricks.

Does this answer your questions?

We service 4 different places with one site, such as 
www.palmbeachjewelry.com and www.jcpenneyjewelry.com (amongst the ones...) 
we'll have more.  One thing we do, is E-mail people with special promos 
that adhere to a different pricing structure then the original web page. 
 Since anything is possible, NetCommerce COULD have been re-written to 
handle this, but at what cost.

-Andrew



Andrew Borts / Information Systems Project Leader
Seta Corporation
6400 East Rogers Circle
Boca Raton, FL 33499

E-mail: Andrewb@setacorporation.com
Corporate web site http://www.setacorporation.com
E-Commerce web site http://www.palmbeachjewelry.com
Voice: 561-994-2660 Ext. 2211 / Fax: 561-997-0774


-----Original Message-----
From:   Glenn Ericson [SMTP:Glenn-Ericson@att.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:08 AM
To:     Andrew Borts
Subject:        Fwd: RE: Web?

 << File: ATT00009.htm >>
Andrew, what's failing  Net.Commerce  or the  whole  thing?

>From: Andrew Borts <andrewb@setacorporation.com>
>To: "'RPG400-L@midrange.com'" <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
>Subject: RE: Web?
>Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:59:11 -0500
>Organization: Seta Corporation
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>http://www.jcpenneyjewelry.com
>
>100% AS/400, 40% RPG CGI... 50% NetData, 10% NetCommerce (and falling!)
>
>RPG smokes on the web... I have had up to 20,000 visitors a day in the
>site... that translates into 150,000 "hits" a day...
>
>Andrew Borts / Information Systems Project Leader
>Seta Corporation
>6400 East Rogers Circle
>Boca Raton, FL 33499
>
>E-mail: Andrewb@setacorporation.com
>Corporate web site http://www.setacorporation.com
>E-Commerce web site http://www.palmbeachjewelry.com
>Voice: 561-994-2660 Ext. 2211 / Fax: 561-997-0774
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Rizwan Ahmed [SMTP:rizwan@nscsa.com.sa]
>Sent:   Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:57 AM
>To:     'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
>Subject:        RE: Web?
>
>  << File: ATT00005.htm >> I know that RPG is a wonderful language but
> IMHO it is not as good for web
>when you have options.......
>Just my humble opinion
>_______________________________________________________________________  
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>____________________
>Rizwan Ahamed
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>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   hartawan reksodiputro [SMTP:jeanhartawan@hotmail.com]
>         Sent:   Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:18 PM
>         To:     rpg400-l@midrange.com
>         Subject:        Web?
>
>         Hi all,
>
>         I was just looking at Mel's CGI website. It's very cool!
>
>         Does anyone have any experience, or know that it's being 
implemented
>in real
>         business world -- using CGI with RPG -- besides Mel's easy400 
site?
>         Is it recommended, in terms of performance?
>
>         We just want to learn to put some front end applications to the 
Web,
>so
>         we want to know our options.
>         The other thing, what database usually used? Is it on the server 
--
>acts
>         like a web server? -- or should it resides on the host -- AS/400?
>
>
>         Thank You,
>         Jean
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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