Re: SQL vs DDS

> Yes, I know, a lot of people don't have the SQL toolkit on their 400.
> 
> My question would be "Why not?". No administrator of another system
> would consider installing the database product without the SQL toolkit
> unless it were a standalone, non-development environment.
> 
> AS/400 users should NOT cripple themselves by not making the tools
> available to their programmers. The defacto, primary tool of all
> database professionals (outside of the AS/400) is SQL.
> 
> If cost is a limiting factor, get a development machine. Pricing of
> these tools and others is VERY favorable at the P05 or P10 pricing
> levels.
> 
> Production: 500 users, 530 4-banger. Development: 170 with SQL, Java,
> RPG, COBOL and C. The fees saved in the languages more than cover the
> cost of the 170. Not to mention the significant impact of removing
> developers from the production environment.
> 
> With this scenario, there is no good reason that developers could not
> choose the appropriate tool for whatever job they are facing.


There are far too many companies that will not provide anything beyond
what is included in ADTS. It's why tools like Code/400, CodeStudio and
FlexEdit are only marginally used. A cross-reference tool like Hawkeye is
fairly common and some sort of change management is becoming a little
more common place. Why isn't the SQL product part of the ADTS? Raise
the price of ADTS and include it. SQL will never become part of the 
"common" RPGers toolset until this happens.

Joe Teff

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