CICS is not a solution as it does not support QSAM and trying to access sequential datasets or libraries will cause CICS to cease.
Itschak -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Web access to mainframe datasets Brian Westerman wrote: > Hi all, > > I have decided that it would be kind of a cool idea to be able to > access some of our software (especially the Spool Offload facility) > from a secure internet connection, but I don't want to use CICS > services or DB/2 because I can't gaurentee that they will be available > at all of the sites that use my code. I think that my approach has to > be through WebSphere, or I would need to write my own server address > space that services TCP sockets, but I can't find documentation on the > best approach for doing this. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong > places. Does anyone know of any documentation on how writing this process would best be done? > > Thanks for your help. > > Brian I think you'll find WebSphere, while growing, not as widespread as CICS. But why not build on the free HTTP server that comes with z/OS? Everyone has it. There's some excellent documentation on how to program for it. -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com z/OS Application development made easier * Our classes include + How things work + Programming examples with realistic applications + Starter / skeleton code + Complete working programs + Useful utilities and subroutines + Tips and techniques ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html __________ NOD32 2430 (20070731) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
