Writing z/OS CGIs in COBOL - Course Objectives

On successful completion of this class, the student, with the aid of the appropriate 
reference materials, should be able to:

1. Code, compile, bind, debug, deploy, and maintain CGIs for the z/OS environment, written in COBOL
   

2. Handle GET and POST requests: analyze and take action, as appropriate
   * Parse and decode a QUERY_STRING value for GET
   * Gather in the stdin data for POST
       - Save a file as is or translated to EBCDIC on the mainframe, for POST
   

3. Produce responses that are XHTML pages or redirection
   
4. Access environment variables
   
5. Access DB2 data (optional: depends if DB2 installed and lab set up done)
   
6. Access VSAM KSDS data by primary key or alternate index
   

7. Put out XHTML encoded in UTF-16, to provide a truly international aspect to your website
   

8. Submit jobs to the batch from a CGI (optional; may not be appropriate in all environments).

    

   Note: This course supports the HTTP server provided free with z/OS and the ported Apache server

   
   

Course information: UC04 / 2 Days         These Materials © Copyright 2009 by Steven H. Comstock   V1.x

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