This is just an initial concept question. In general, what mechanism could;
* a batch job, most likely an Enterprise COBOL batch program, * connect with a web service and request information from some application the web service connects with outside of the mainframe world * receive a response back from said application or if no response, be able to deal with a 404 (timeout, service not available, basically no response) type situation * and then go about it batch processing with the returned information We are at the pre-pre-concept of this and just looking for ideas. Thanks Bill George ______________________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email from the State of California is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review or use, including disclosure or distribution, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html