Hey MrAdam,
First, I would like to thank you for your reply. Sorry I didn't provide enough details, however I am affraid I won't be able to give very specific description - simply don't know how the server part is done with all the details. But, try to give you as much info I can
So, let's imagine the database that contains some information about 10k customers. I cannot access that database through SQL, SAP, etc... The only way is a website - as described previously. That site has a field(TEXTAREA) where I am entering an xml code. In that code i specify the customer id, user/pass to database, and some other details. The xml structure is always the same. Then I click on the submit button (form is submitted) - an xml message to be send regular XML punch. That xml code is sent in post array to the server. As a response from the server we get a new page where some values are passed via GET array, and on that page we have links to CSV files (each per requested customers) which we can download. Everything from xml punch up to end of workflow is run in one HTTP session.
I don't know if it helped you at all in understanding my question. Unfortunately, don't know exactly how it is resolved on the server end. I only know this functionality from the client standpoint. As i said before I am not looking for exact answer. Will be happy, if you just give me some subjects related, where I can start loooking form
Thank you.