We let Apache (inearlier days Netscape web server) use the
CGI-interface to call
a tiny ksh that calls universe with the POST-ed form in raw format -
works with GET too, today.
There a relatively small basic routine parses it and places the info in
named common.
One always present form field tells it what routine to call. All output
is collected in
a string that is returned to the ksh and apache, and there it is.
Has worked flawlessly for over 10 years.
And of course there is a fair number of helper functions
e.g. make the html for an input field from the info in the uv dictionary
with some options.
Why our own? AFAIK there wasn't anything usefull out there in1998
when we started programming seriously.
Maybe there was but AFAIKThen there wasn't.
Drawbacks?
It starts a universe process for each call.
--mats
Matthew Day skrev:
Hi,
We currently have a system with a VB6 front end and use Universe for the
database and business logic. We are looking to develop a web solution for our
product.
What are people using to inteface universe with the web, and what are your
experiences ( both good and bad ) with the route you have chosen.
Thanks,
Matt
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