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Apache Question.
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Glenn Cole <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:29:49 -0800
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Mark Wilkinson writes:

> We're trying to do some simple CGI stuff with Apache 1.2.1 Can someone
> remind me why you can't do CGI with COBOL please (DISPLAY statements)
> and is there a workaround... (ie HPFOPEN $STDLIST and use FWRITE or
> something like that..)?

Actually, you *can* do CGI from COBOL, as our man Lars shows on Jazz:

        < http://jazz.external.hp.com/papers/lang/cobcgi.htm >

It includes "why" you can't use DISPLAY.  Short answer:  fork().

--Glenn

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