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SV: Including html-pages in scripts

Posted By: Peter Langseth
Date: Wednesday, 3 September 2003, at 11:34 a.m.

In Response To: Including html-pages in scripts (PETER LANGSETH)

Hi

Thank you Donald for your reply, very good info :)

Yes I use Web DataBlade, my versions are:
Informix 9.21 TC5
WebBlade 4.10 Tc1
NT 4.0

Yes I do have to include files that are located on a different web
server, on another web domain.

We use the isa webdriver, and I have therefore decided on your solution
#2 (making a perl-script executed from the MIEXE-tag) But I have some
problems with this :(

I have made a small perl-script (basically a "hello-world" script) which
executes fine from a commandline. But when I try to call it from an
Informix-script the browser just dies. (no timeout, no errors, it just
doesn't answer) Can anyone tell me what I'm missing? (I have a suspicion
that the Informix-script doesn't call the Perl-script). I do the
following in the Informix-script:

<?MIVAR name=src>d:\ibm\isa\perl\bin\perl
d:\ibm\isa\bin\pel_test.pl<?/MIVAR>
<?MIEXEC SERVICE=$src>
This is a test
<?/MIEXEC>

The variable $src contains the location of our perl.exe called with the
location of my perl-script.
(basically what I do from the commandline).

If anyone has some experience in executing perl-scripts from
informix-scripts your input would be much appreciated.

Thx, best regards
Peter Langseth
pel@djoef.dk


-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Donald Payne [mailto:payned@us.ibm.com]
Sendt: 26. august 2003 20:11
Til: Peter Langseth
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Emne: Re: Including html-pages in scripts [42]


I assume you are using the Web DataBlade.
From looking at the PHP docs for "include()", it appears you just want
to
include some common text in more than one Web Blade app page. The way
to
do that is to create a "User-Defined Dynamic Tag" in the Web Blade.
Using
DDW or APB, you define the tag, edit it (copy in your static text from
wherever) & save it, similar to the way you create an app page. You
include or invoke the tag in an app page with:
<?myTag>
The tag can contain static text as well as Web Blade code; you can pass
parameters to the code in the tag, with
<?myTag param="value" ...>
If you enable caching of dynamic tags, then the database keeps tags in
memory, which can help performance.
For defining and using tags, see the "Web Blade App Dev Guide", Chapter
9
"Using Dynamic Tags in AppPages", for details on Dynamic Tags. For
caching, see two sections of the "Web Blade Admin Guide", depending on
whether you have Global Tags Cache (a feature of Web Blade 4.13?)
enabled:

- If Global Tag Cache is enabled: Chapter 9 "Improving Performance",
section "AppPage Caching", subsection "Global Cache For Dynamic Tags and

User-Defined Routine Tags".

- If not: Appendix B "Web DataBlade Module Variables", section "Managing

Dynamic Tags", variable MI_WEBTAGSCACHE.

But, if you really want to include a file from "another web-domain" (I
assume you mean to get data from another process or another web server,
or
that you can't or don't want to copy a file into a Web Blade tag), I'm
not
sure how to do that best. The Web DataBlade executes ("explodes") its
code inside the database engine, so it can't easily go outside to other
processes or hosts. You _could_ try one of these, easiest idea first.
I
have not tried any of these:

1. Use a server-side include (NSAPI or Apache Webdriver only). See the

"Web Blade Admin Guide", chapters 4 or 5 ("Using the XXX Webdriver"),
section "Using Server-Side Includes in AppPages with the XXX Webdriver".

2. Write an <?MIEXEC> tag to execute a Perl script. See "Web
Blade
App Dev Guide", chapter 7 "Using Advanced AppPage Tags", section "The
MIEXEC Tag".

3. Write a web server plug-in module (NSAPI, ISAPI or Apache) and
invoke
a <?MIFUNC> tag to call it. See:
- "Web Blade Admin Guide", chapter 4, 5 or 6 "Using the XXX
Webdriver", section "Using Server-Side Includes in AppPages with the XXX
Webdriver".
- "Web Blade App Dev Guide", chapter 7 "Using Advanced AppPage
Tags", section "The MIEXEC Tag".


HTH,
- Don

Donald E. Payne -- Sr. IT Specialist
OLTP Practice, Data Management Services, Software Group, IBM phone / fax
1-212-745-4380 ext. 1 (internal 243-4380 ext. 1) mobile office: New
York, NY mailing address: 13 Myrtle Ave., Huntington, NY 11743-3506
Certified IBM Informix Professional http://www.ibm.com/software/data




"PETER LANGSETH" <pel@djoef.dk>
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08/26/2003 09:19 AM


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Subject: Including html-pages in scripts [42]



Hi

I have a scripting question.

Is there a functionality in Informix that will allow me to "include" a
static html-page from another web-domain into an informix-script?

The functionality i'm looking for is similar to the functionality in
PHP:
include("webpagename.ext");

Im relative new to Informix-programming and not sure if Informix have
any
connectivity to anything else than databases.

Plz help
Peter

Messages In This Thread

• Including html-pages in scripts
  PETER LANGSETH -- Tuesday, 26 August 2003, at 9:19 a.m.
  • Re: Including html-pages in scripts
    Donald Payne -- Tuesday, 26 August 2003, at 2:13 p.m.
  • SV: Including html-pages in scripts
    Peter Langseth -- Wednesday, 3 September 2003, at 11:34 a.m.
    • Re: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
      paul@oninit.com -- Wednesday, 3 September 2003, at 12:57 p.m.
    • Re: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
      Donald Payne -- Wednesday, 3 September 2003, at 2:40 p.m.
    • SV: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
      Peter Langseth -- Thursday, 4 September 2003, at 11:57 a.m.
      • Re: SV: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
        Donald Payne -- Thursday, 4 September 2003, at 3:14 p.m.
      • Re: SV: SV: Including html-pages in scripts
        paul@oninit.com -- Friday, 5 September 2003, at 12:01 p.m.

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