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)
Determining the server being used (SERVER_SOFTWARE)
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
UC01 / 1 Day
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Materials version: V2.x
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