CGI-BIN to DB gateways

• JDBC/ODBC gateways

  • single-node DB, often running on remote host
  • long, blocking operations, usually
  • nasty transactional issues - how does client know that action succeeded or failed?
    • Datek/E*Trade troubles

httpd

CGI

code

File

System

URL

data

URL

data

DB

ODBC / JDBC / etc.

Client

cache

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