socket connection inside an in-bound pre-TPS tcl proc

[Sundeep Kumar]

We have a need to make a socket connection to get add couple of bytes of data from a host based on account number in a transaction. How does socket connection from inside TPS proc perform ? Any one used this approach and has recommendations ?

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[John Mercogliano]

I am on 5.2 and from what I’ve seen you can not use the socket command from within a tps.  It will work fine in the testing tool but you will receive a -1 error when run in a thread.  I’m assuming that QDX has it disabled in a running process. I found this out when I attempted to use the smtp package from tcllib directly in a tps.  

You can create a stand alone tcl program that you can exec to get the value you need and return it in a tps.  That works fine.

John Mercogliano
Sentara Healthcare
Hampton Roads, VA

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