Introduction to CGIs on z/OS - Topical Outline

Introduction 
    The Web - Basic Concepts Review
    CGI Overview

Forms and INPUT Controls
    Introduction to Forms and Controls
    The FORM Element
    The INPUT Element
    Successful controls
    Submit processing
    Accessing Programs Without Forms

Building a Response
    Responses
    Response Headers
    Writing to stdout
    Sample CGIs: C, COBOL, Assembler, PL/I, REXX, Shell Script

GET Processing
    The GET environment
    Parsing the QUERY_STRING

POST Processing
    The POST environment
    Determine the size of data (CONTENT_LENGTH)
    Determine the boundary string (CONTENT_TYPE)
    Accessing the Input Data
    Analyzing the Data

Error Handling, Testing, and Debugging CGIs
    Error Handling
    Testing
    Debugging

Other Topics
    Emitting non-EBCDIC Output
    DB2 Access
    The RRSAF interface
    Submitting batch jobs
    nph Processing
    Creating the Illusion of a conversation (Cookies)

The Design of Web-based dialogs
    The Server
    Pages
    Links
    Scripts
    Forms
    CGIs
    State Tools
    User IDs
Templates
Conclusion

Course information: UC01 / 1 Day         These Materials © Copyright 2007 by Steven H. Comstock   V2.x

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