Overview: Working with the WAP Interface

The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is designed specifically for delivering Internet data over wireless networks, which are mainly used for voice communication. The normal way to serve WAP content is to have a WAP gateway server sitting between the wireless networks and a standard web server. Correspondingly, Wireless Markup Language (WML) was designed to describe how WAP content is presented on a wireless terminal. Some WAP-enabled phones have been produced to access the WAP services. The wireless device contains a microbrowser, while the content and applications are hosted on Web servers.

For Web Query, this means that you may access the content in DB2, using most functions available through the Web in a normal (standard) Web browser. You may create and run SQL queries, save these queries and their results for later use, view query results through the WAP interface row-by-row, e-mail query results, and create new DB2 tables.

Features of the WAP Interface

By using the WAP interface for Web Query, you may access the content in DB2, using most functions available to Web Query. You may create and run SQL queries, save these queries and their results for later use, view query results through the WAP interface row-by-row, and e-mail query results.

 

Web and WAP Versions

Importing Data

You cannot import data (a new results set) from the WAP interface.

Editing Data with DB2 Table Editor

You cannot edit tables because DB2 Table Editor cannot be run on the WAP device.

Exporting Data

You cannot export data from the WAP interface. Instead, you may e-mail the results. In the Select Output Page option, for XML, XSL, HTML, text, and delimited text, users can only send the results via e-mail. To view the results in the WAP device, choose "Display Results Set" on the Select Output page.

Viewing Results

Because of the display limitations of WAP devices, results can be viewed row-by-row.

Modifying SQL Text

For long query strings, the strings are truncated due to the size limitation of WAP devices. Only the first part of the strings are displayed.