Calling web-service from Unix

[Ankit Grover]

Hi experts,

We have an application written in COBOL. OS is HP-UX 11.23 and RDBMS is Oracle9i.
Is there anyway we can call web-service from COBOL? I can call C from COBOL. But how to call service from C?

Cheers,
ankit

[Peter Godron]

Ankit,
could you please expand on what you are trying to do ? Also on your current process of calling webservice.

From C you can use system("ls") for example.

Although MicroFocus COBOL, does this help:
http://www.microfocus.com/Resources/Newsletters/SupportLine/20040401_009.asp

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi Ankit,

see also the code at:
http://www.developer.com/net/article.php/1464751


hope this helps too!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Ankit Grover]

Hi Peter,

I have already successfully tested the web-service calling from within Cobol. I used Server Express capabilties in this case.
But I was not satisfied with the performance. Also, the licenses for the same are quite exensive.
So, I was trying to find out a solution so that the call can be made from within a C program which can send it in XML format. Then I can do the variable mapping between Cobol & C.

Ankit