XSQLCommand and XSQLRequest.

Question

Hi Steve,
I'm in a very strange position.
I'm trying to execute an .xsql page through both command line and XSQLRequest.it works fine with the XSQLCommand encapsulated by xsql.bat but when i try to execute it through XSQLRequest it says the follwing.
XSQL-004: Could not acquire a database connection named: pnet
XSQL-007: Cannot acquire a database connection to process page.
does this mean that XSQLRequest can only be used on a machine which has physical datbase.
(i mean the database server.).
i'm testing it on my client machine.
Thanks
Aman

Answer 1

No, it likely just means that the environment where you are attempting
to process the XSQL page doesn't have
it's CLASSPATH properly setup to
point to an XSQLConfig.xml file
which defines the connection name
your page is trying to use.
Calling XSQLRequest from a "client"
does the XSQL Page Processing on that client machine. If you want to retrieve
the output of an XSQL Page processing
that is done on another machine, then
that's what the XSQL Servlet is for.
the client simply requests the URL:
http://somemachine/foo/bar.xsql
and they get the answer.
If you are simply trying to retrieve
the output of a server-side-processed
XSQL page, then all you need is what
you'd need for retrieving any HTTP-based
resource.
(1) Construct an URL object
(2) openStream() on the URL
(3) do something with the stream.