Re: UPS shipping rates with Net.Data

[Larry Kleinman <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, I agree.   Net.Data is just another CGI program.   In my case, Net.Data
will do stpes 1,2,3,5.   My question is how to do step 4.  I took a quick
look at RPG-XML site, and it may be what I'm looking for.   How much does it
cost?


Larry Kleinman
Kleinman Associates, Inc.
212-949-6469
203-255-4100


                                                                       
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This is something you can't technically do from HTML/Javascript.  By
default, and per the spec, you can't make a request to a different server
than what the original request came from.  What you CAN do is make a request
from Net.Data while it is being run on the server and then have the results
be displayed on the page.

I do something very similar for one of my customers where they need to make
an XML request from their RPG CGI application to a credit reporting agency.
The basic flow is as follows:

1) User clicks button in browser
2) RPG CGI program recieves in personal information
3) Compose XML request
4) send/recieve XML request/response to/from TransUnion
5) Compose HTML response and send results back to browser

<vendor>
In my case steps 3 and 4 use RPG-XML Suite (www.rpg-xml.com).
</vendor>

HTH,
Aaron Bartell

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Larry Kleinman <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I don't think that Net.Data is an issue.....the question is can I do it
> from
> "ordinary" HTML.   I has also thought of using PASE, but how do I access
> the
> PASE environemnt from the HTML running on the Apache server?
>
> Larry Kleinman
> Kleinman Associates, Inc.
> 212-949-6469
> 203-255-4100
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