Re: WEB SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE

I have used Net.Data and have been successful. I have not tried Homesite,
but
I have tried SiteBoss. Now as to why I prefer RPG vs Net.Data:

Designing, writing and installing an application is only part of the real
life cycle.
Supporting it is more. That it why the readability of RPG IV over RPG III is
a
big deal. When I have 2 options that get the same result, I opt for the one
that
will be the most maintainable after I leave. Since all of the application is
written
in RPG, the RPG programmers on staff can handle it. Not so with Net.Data.
In fact, SQL is a relatively unknown language in the AS/400 community. I've
only been at 1 site in the last 12 years that has had the SQL product
installed.
And learning SQL is not even as difficult as learning the Net.Data macros.
Once I incorporate the CGI APIs into a service program, register that
service
program in a binding list, show them how to code the DFTACTGRP, ACTGRP
and BNDDIR parameters on the H-spec, show them how to include the
prototypes with a /COPY and how to code the subprocedure, they are all set.

And to be honest, it also comes down to personal preference. I prefer to
write
RPG IV code over Net.Data macros. So if all things were truely equal, I
would
choose RPG over Net.Data.

Joe Teff

>Jo how much Net.Data have you done? I assure you advantages in Net.Data far
>outweigh using RPG CGI scripts. You say not Data uses SQL all the time and
>its SQL syntax is different. Not true you have the capability to use Direct
>Execution to call existing RPG code as it says direct, you can use the
>system environment to call CL or system commands which can again call RPG.
>The SQL is perfect SQL no difference that I have ever noticed it uses the
>same SQL_CLI that the AS/400 is using through green screen. In V440 you can
>direct call Java programs you have a REX interface and at the same time you
>are provided with all sorts of functions including working with Cookies, an
>SENDMAIL function math, string functions and many more.
>Then the best thing is you work with Net.Data within your HTML editor such
>as Homesite or SiteBoss which is an actual Net.Data editor. Slowness not
>really V440 will see macro caching in the near future and the work we do in
>N.D is just as fast as CGI scripting. But the best thing is development
time
>is cut down by a huge extent, an awful lot quicker than coding RPG CGI's.
>Thanks
>Bleddyn


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