1. SESSION: ENTER SESSION SPEAKER: ENTER SPEAKER

2. Web to Oracle Using Net Express and OO Cobol Alden C. Lorents College of Business Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ alden.lorents@nau.edu

3. Introduction Next Wave After Y2K –Web Development –E-Commerce –Linkage to Existing Systems –Web, Java and Cobol Project to teach Web/Existing System Integration using Net Express

4. Project Components Web Component –Forms and CGI Development –Java Script Data Base Component –Database Interface to Oracle –OO Cobol –Oracle Database Running on an NT Server Building, Packaging and Testing

5. Figure 1 Project Components Web Window Execute Net Express Test Process Oracle SQL and Libraries Solo Web Emulator Database DBI.PCO Oracle Pre compile DBI.CBL Net Express Build Web Window Build Form & CGI Build CGI.CBL HTML Forms Business Logic Java Script CPY, CPV, CPF Files CGI.EXE Oracle Libraries

6. Building the Web Component Net Express IDE –Building the Input and Output Forms with Form Designer –Copy file generation from Designer –Generating the CGI –Adding Business Logic –Adding Java Script

7. Input Form and IDE

8. Output Form and IDE

9. Form Designer Generated CPY

10. Form Designer Generated CPV

11. Form Designer Generated CPF

12. Generating the CGI

13. Partial List from Generated CGI

14. Adding CGI Data Division Entries

15. Adding CGI Business Logic

16. Generated Input HTML

17. Java Script Added to Input HTML

18. Generated Output HTML

19. Database Interface Component The PCO Source File –Embedded SQL –OO Structure and Methods The Oracle Precompile Process –Error Correction The Cobol Compile Process

20. Partial DBI Source (PCO)

21. DBI Oracle Logon Method

22. DBI Read-Reservation Method

23. Oracle Precompile Process

24. Precompiled Read-Reservation

25. Compiling the DBI

26. Building and Testing Building the Executable Testing using Solo –Animating CGI Animation DBI Animation - SQL Calls –Testing the Java Script Migration to the Web Server –Oracle Client –Micro Focus OO Support

27. Net Express Build Set UP

28. Net Express Build Process

29. Testing Data Validation

30. Testing Good Data

31. Output From a Successful Test

32. Future Development Multiple Web Form Interaction More Robust System of Queries Database Updating Moving the System to a Web Server –Oracle Client –Micro Focus OO Support