[WEB400] Re: CGI-programming.....

[Mel Rothman <mel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, worst case is some of the message data gets cut off.

Mel


Brad Stone wrote:
> Ahah!  You're right... I've used that for so long, I
> haven't looked back.  I must have misinterpreted it...
>
> Worst case scenario, some of the message gets cut off I
> would assume.
>
> Also, don't click that link if you're using Mozilla... IBM
> sites really know how to hose it up good.  :)
>
> Brad
>
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 16:11:55 -0500
>  Mel Rothman <mel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Brad, INZ(40) for eBytesP is incorrect.
> > inz(%size(WPError)) is always correct.
> >
> > Bytes provided is not the number of bytes provided for
> > exception data.  It is the size of the entire data
> > structure, which, in WPerorr's case, is 56.
> >
> > For details, see IBM's documentation (especially the
> > "Example: receiving the error code with the exception
> > data"), at
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/index.htm?info/apis/api.htm
>
> > According to the Information Center, the QtmhGetEnv API's
> > interface did not change from V5R2 to V5R3.  I don't
> > believe it has changed since it was introduced around
> > V3R2 (CISC) and V3R6 or V3R7 (RISC).
> >
> >
> > Mel Rothman, CGIDEV2 Author
> > Mel rothman, Inc.
> >
> > Brad Stone wrote:
> >
> > > Here's what I use for error parms on every API I call..
> > > never done me wrong.  I have it in some of my software
> >
> > that
> >
> > > is running on V5R3 and so far things look good:
> > >
> > >    D WPError         DS
> > >    D  EBytesP                1      4B 0 INZ(40)
> > >    D  EBytesA                5      8B 0
> > >    D  EMsgID                 9     15
> > >    D  EReserverd            16     16
> > >    D  EData                 17     56
> > >
> > > Also, if you aren't following the thread on the RPG list
> >
> > (I
> >
> > > didn't see that you had moved it here) you may want to
> > > consider checking out my eRPG Software Development Kit.
> >
> > It
> >
> > > really makes all of this a lot easier, and like CGIDEV2
> > > takes advantage of templates.
> > >
> > > It's has a lighter footprint and testing shows it also
> > > executes faster than CGIDEV2...  right now it's in beta
> > > testing and so far the users love it.  A couple are
> > > switching over from CGIDEV2 to use it..  
> > >
> > > www.erpgsdk.com
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > > www.bvstools.com