Stepping Through RDS Functionality

The steps performed for RDS data retrieval are different when a handler is used than when no handler is used. The following procedures show the differences.

First, you perform certain steps to set up the environment. Additional steps are needed to use a handler:

• Setting up RDS. Follow these steps whether or not your code uses an RDS handler.
• Setting up RDS to Use a Handler. After completing the steps in Setting up RDS, follow these steps if you will be using an RDS handler.

Then the internal data-retrieval steps take place. You have no control over many of these actions; they are described here merely to illustrate the difference between the two methods:

• Steps in RDS Data Retrieval (No Handler)
• Steps in RDS Data Retrieval (Using a Handler)

Finally, after data is returned to the client computer, it can be bound to a table, using DHTML, as described in the following procedure:

• Displaying Returned Data