None of your lip Weiser ;) On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:59 PM Rick Weiser <yld...@gmail.com> wrote:
> WOW, a jIdle sighting!! > > On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 1:58:16 AM UTC-4 ji...@temporal-wave.com > wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 6:55 PM Johan Liebenberg <joha...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the reply. >>> Yes as I said, it works just fine on Linux. I am trying to send some >>> data to another server, just a few headers with values. The code does not >>> need to check status as it should not interrupt the current process if it >>> fails for any reason whatsoever. >>> >> >> I would probably not do this from jBASE at all then, just monitor a >> transfer directory and write the data to be transferred there and move on. >> Otherwise your main program will hang around waiting for the curl etc. I >> don't know if the receiving end is jBASE or something else, but message >> queues are your friend, or even something as simple as scp. Think in >> parallel terms. >> >> >> >>> I will pick it up on the remote server if the process did not call in >>> successfully. Anyway, taking the exact code out of the gosub fixed it. Same >>> code, just no gosub and no return. Works fine on Linux, does not work on >>> Windows. >>> >> >> Which is why you should work out what is going on with your subroutine >> and EXECUTE. You may have found a way to get around it by duplicating code, >> but that is more likely to be masking the actual problem, which may come >> back to bite you later. >> >> >> >>> >>> I will rewrite some of it when I start using the jCurl command. Will >>> have to figure out if it is available on the older versions of jBase. >>> >> >> But is using a form of curl really the correct way to do this? >> >> >> >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 3:13:46 PM UTC+10 ji...@temporal-wave.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I usually find that it is better to say what you are trying to do >>>> first. Maybe your approach is not optimal? As in tell us: >>>> >>>> "I need to contact an http server at http:// and retrieve xyz" >>>> >>>> Whereas here you are assuming your approach is the correct one, then >>>> saying it isn't working. we should probably work out why you are seeing >>>> what you seem to be seeing, but it may well be that your approach is >>>> incorrect. >>>> >>>> The compiler will not generate bad code for GOSUB and RETURN - if it >>>> did, a lot more people would be complaining ;). It tends to make me think >>>> that you are not executing the binary that you think you are. Maybe run >>>> from a command line instead of jsh for instance. Also, when executing >>>> external scripts, you would likely be better specifying EXECUTE with >>>> CHAR(255):"<shell indicator":"curl ....." - not specifying a shell may well >>>> be why EXECUTE of your command line is not working. >>>> >>>> You should also use the additional clauses in EXECUTE to capture exit >>>> codes and errors etc. Your code is just assuming that it works, which is >>>> never a good idea. >>>> >>>> I would also recommend Linux over Windows, but that's just a >>>> preference. Things always seem to work better. >>>> >>>> So, what are you actually trying to do here? There are probably 20 >>>> different ways if we know what you are doing. >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:00 AM Johan Liebenberg <joha...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> jBASE 5.2.31 on Windows Server 2012. >>>>> >>>>> Yes thanks I saw the jCURL command and I will investigate in future to >>>>> do a switch over. Anyway, I got the batch file thing to work by not >>>>> calling >>>>> the subroutine and instead calling the same code in 3 different places. >>>>> More cleanup to do later. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks :) >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 11:37:37 PM UTC+10 pfalson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> What version of jBASE are you using? We support curl natively now >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://docs.zumasys.com/jbase/miscellaneous/jcurl/#additional-helper-functions >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 4, 2021, at 5:29 AM, Johan Liebenberg <joha...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Building a small batch file to run on a Window jBase server. >>>>>> >>>>>> Batch file executes a curl command build inside the jBase program. >>>>>> >>>>>> I 1st tried to EXECUTE the curl command CAPTURING RESULTS, but the >>>>>> remote server returns an error. I filtered all the illegal character out >>>>>> of >>>>>> the curl command just in case. No luck.This happens to work flawlessly >>>>>> on a >>>>>> Linux server. >>>>>> >>>>>> So the next approach is to create a DOS batch file and execute the >>>>>> batch file with the curl command inside the batch file. Works 1st time >>>>>> but >>>>>> then the trouble starts: >>>>>> >>>>>> So I have a GOSUB RUNCMD that calls the sub below with the curl >>>>>> command inside the CMD variable: >>>>>> >>>>>> RUNCMD: >>>>>> >>>>>> OSDELETE 'temp.bat' >>>>>> >>>>>> EXECUTE 'touch temp.bat' CAPTURING JUNK >>>>>> >>>>>> OSOPEN 'temp.bat' TO TEMPDOSFILE THEN >>>>>> >>>>>> OSBWRITE CMD ON TEMPDOSFILE AT 0 >>>>>> >>>>>> OSCLOSE TEMPDOSFILE >>>>>> >>>>>> EXECUTE 'temp.bat' CAPTURING RESULTS >>>>>> >>>>>> END >>>>>> >>>>>> OSDELETE 'temp.bat' >>>>>> >>>>>> RETURN >>>>>> With the debugger turned on, outside RUNCMD sub, I can follow the >>>>>> progress through the sub line by line, everything works and the remote >>>>>> server receives the curl command correctly and returns the correct data >>>>>> in >>>>>> the RESULTS variable. All good. When the execution gets to the RETURN >>>>>> command, one expects it to jump back to the 1st line after the GOSUB >>>>>> RUNCMD, but instead it jumps back to the RUNCMD: label and it repeats the >>>>>> sub over and over in a loop that you can not break out of. >>>>>> >>>>>> Surely I am very tired because it is late and I am missing something >>>>>> really really obvious. 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