I suspect she is writing a CLIENT socket service that RUNS on the server -- one where I'm opening a socket to get data from another service - and as any process could be doing the same, I'd just want the next available socket, please.... So I think the request is valid -- remember - our 3GL could be a consumer of someone's service...
DW -----Original Message----- Gyle Iverson wrote: > Unfortunately, the initServerSocket() function has a few flaws that > stopped this project. > 1) The initServerSocket() function precludes using the standard socket > behavior of letting the socket sub-system assign any available port > number when the port number 0 is specified. The initServerSocket() > function translates all port numbers less than 1 to port 40001. I've never seen a socket server use a random port. Clients never use a pre-determined port. Clients need to know the port of a server, so a server absolutely requires a fixed and well-known port. Why do you need an assigned port for a server? ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
