Re: push data from server to client web browser

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But what about keeping the HTTP connection between the client and the
server open indefinitely in RPG IV CGI programming?

The Oreilly book   http://oreilly.com/openbook/cgi/ch06_06.html
in chapter 6 says about CGI programming,
It provides the programming code for two examples of server push and
contrasts that to client pull.
The HTTP connection between the client and the server is kept open
indefinitely. 
Server push involves sending packets of data to the client periodically,
as shown in Figure 6.8.

> Server Push
> Server push animations can be created using the
multipart/x-mixed-replace MIME type. The "replace" > indicates that each
data packet replaces the previous data packet. As a result, you can make
smooth > animations. Here is the format in which this MIME type is used:


I thank ALL of you very much for the comments you have shared so far.
EricL