Re: HTTP server beginners questions

[Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Vern,

I have had some web exposure, a short exploration of CGIDEV2 back in 2007,
and the little I learned has rusted away :-)

Thanks for that link, it'll definitely come in useful soon.
I was under the impression that the QIBM_CGI_LIBRARY_LIST only indicated
where to find the CGI program, but once called it would not be able to
access any of the objects in those libraries. For that reason, I was
calling a CL program to set my library list.


On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 at 14:18, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Dave
>
> Welcome to the wonderful world of WWW - this DOES set the library list
> for what is called - I Googled for the environment variable and went to
> this 1st hit -
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/cgi-frequently-asked-questions-0
>
> There you can find the question, "How can I change the library list for
> my CGI program?", which tells us that "The listed libraries replace the
> libraries in the user part of the library list. When the CGI program has
> finished processing, these libraries will be removed from the library
> list and the library list will be restored to what it was before the CGI
> program ran."
>
> Pretty cool - you get to change to exactly what is needed in the HTTP
> server job, just for anything called through this setup.
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> On 8/24/2021 1:50 AM, Dave wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a rather feeble level in this subject so please go easy on me.
> > A server instance has already been set up for me (see below), which
> > obviously will need modifying.
> >
> > What is the meaning of setenv QIBM_CGI_LIBRARY_LIST "QTEMP;CGILIB;YAJL"
> ?
> > Surely this has nothing to do with the library list used by the program
> > that will run on the i?
> >
> > How do I know what method (GET or POST) has been used?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > <Directory /qsys.lib/cgilib.lib>
> >     AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
> >     Order Allow,Deny
> >     Allow From all
> >     setenv QIBM_CGI_LIBRARY_LIST "QTEMP;CGILIB;YAJL"
> > </Directory>
> >
> >
> >
> > # Alias for tests
> > ScriptAliasMatch /myURL(.*) /qsys.lib/ CGILIB.lib/$1.pgm
> >
> > # Exemple alias for a specified program  :
> > # ScriptAlias /myURL/test /qsys.lib/ CGILIB.lib/TEST_3.pgm
>
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