SAP Sybase IQ As an HTTP Web Server

SAP Sybase IQ contains a built-in HTTP web server that allows you to create online web services in SAP Sybase IQ databases. SAP Sybase IQ web servers support HTTP and SOAP over HTTP requests sent by web browsers and client applications. The web server performance is optimized because web services are embedded in the database.

SAP Sybase IQ web services provide client applications with an alternative to traditional interfaces, such as JDBC and ODBC. They are easily deployed because additional components are not needed, and can be accessed from multi-platform client applications written in a variety of languages, including scripting languages—such as Perl and Python.

In addition to providing web services over an HTTP web server, SAP Sybase IQ can function as a SOAP or HTTP client application to access standard web services available over the Internet and other SAP Sybase IQ HTTP web servers.

• Quick Start to Using SAP Sybase IQ As an HTTP Web Server
  This section illustrates how to start an SAP Sybase IQ HTTP web server, create a web service, and access it from a web browser. It does not illustrate SAP Sybase IQ web service features, such as SOAP over HTTP support and application development, to a full extent. Many SAP Sybase IQ web service features are available that are beyond the scope of this guide.
• How to Start an HTTP Web Server
  The SAP Sybase IQ HTTP web server starts automatically when you launch the database server with the -xs server option. This option allows you to perform the following tasks:
• What Are Web Services
  Web services refer to software that assists inter-computer data transfer and interoperability. They make segments of business logic available over the Internet. URLs become available to clients when managing web services in an HTTP web server. The conventions used when specifying a URL determine how the server should communicate with web clients.
• How to Develop Web Service Applications in an HTTP Web Server
  This section provides an overview of web page creation and customization. It explains how to develop stored procedures for your HTTP web server. It assumes that you have knowledge of starting SAP Sybase IQ HTTP web servers and creating web services that call stored procedures.
• How to Browse the SAP Sybase IQ HTTP Web Server
  Available URL names are defined by how your web services are named and designed. Each web service provides its own set of web content. This content is typically generated by custom functions and procedures in your database, but content can also be generated with a URL that specifies a SQL statement.