Re: Passing Parms to CGI From CL.

["Terry Anderson" <terrya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Walden. I found that same answer on the Easy400group message
board. I did exactly what you said and it worked like a charm.

Thanks again,

Terry Anderson
Programming Manager
Citation Corporation
Switchboard 1.251.867.5481 ext 212
Direct Line 1.251.809.2312
Fax 251.867.0525
Cell  1.251.363.4975



> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walden H. Leverich
> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:43 AM
> > To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: Re: [WEB400] Passing Parms to CGI From CL.
> >
> >
> > The problem is that cmd.exe sees the ampersand as a command 
> > separator and therefore sees that as two commands. To see 
> > what I mean bring up a "dos-box" on your pc and type 
> > "dir&cls" (without the quotes) and you'll run 2 commands, 
> > first the dir command and then a clear screen command. 
> >
> > You can tell cmd.exe to ignore the ampersand by prefixing it 
> > with a carrot. If you type "dir^&cls" you'll see that the 
> > carrot is gone, but it can't find a program called "dir&cls"
> >
> > So, in your CL, you want:
> >
> > VALUE('START http://xx.xx.xxx.xx:8014/citcgidevp/GETDIV2?division='
> > *TCAT &DIVISION *TCAT '^&qstrat_rfq=' *TCAT &QLMRFQ#)            
> >
> > (Note the carrot before the &qstrat_rfq...)
> >
> > -Walden
> > -- 
> > Walden H Leverich III
> > Tech Software
> > (516) 627-3800 x3051
> > WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > http://www.TechSoftInc.com
> >
> > Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
> > (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Terry Anderson
> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:05 PM
> > To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: [WEB400] Passing Parms to CGI From CL.
> >
> > Greetings List,
> > I hope all of you had a merry Christmas and have a happy and 
> > prosperous new year.
> >
> > Here is what I am trying to do. I have a CGIDEV2 program 
> > that adds footnotes to an RFQ. Since several divisions will 
> > be using this program, I need to send the division name as 
> > well as the RFQ number to the CGI program.
> >
> > I have the following commands in my CL program:
> >
> > CHGVAR     VAR(&PCCOMMAND) VALUE('START
> > http://xx.xx.xxx.xx:8014/citcgidevp/GETDIV2?division=' *TCAT 
> > &DIVISION
> > *TCAT '&qstrat_rfq=' *TCAT &QLMRFQ#)            
> >                                                           
> > STRPCCMD   PCCMD(&PCCOMMAND) PAUSE(*NO)  
> >
> > I can get this to work if I key it into the command line of 
> > the browser but not when I call it from the CL.  Can some 
> > one tell me what I am doing wrong? I saw an older post 
> > somewhere that said that the START command was limited to 
> > 123 characters. Is that correct and if so, how do you get 
> > around this limitation?
> >
> >                
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Terry Anderson
> > Programming Manager
> > Citation Corporation
> > Switchboard 1.251.867.5481 ext 212
> > Direct Line 1.251.809.2312
> > Fax 251.867.0525
> > Cell  1.251.363.4975
> >
> >
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