Re: Net.Data

Peter,

1.  Join the WEB400 list.
2.  Join the ignite400 list.
3.  Look in the ignite400 forum.
4.  Look in the Net.Data forum
(http://server6.kepnet.com/cgi-bin/db2www/forum.d2w/main).

Welcome aboard!  The more N.D developers, the better!

As for real life experiences, we do all the dynamic apps on our site with
Net.Data.  This will probably change in the future, but we've got lots of
stuff we'd need to rewrite, so we'll be running it for years.

If there's one suggestion I can make to a new user, it's this:  if you are
using the Net.Data macro language to do anything more complex than
if/else/endif type stuff, encapsulate your N.D code in macro_functions.  It
will make your life much easier, especially if you decide to move your
logic into a language that's better suited to handle it (like RPG).

Mike E.



Peter

Go to <http://www.iseries.ibm.com/software/netdata> - this is the iSeries
Net.Data site. There are links to the cross-platform site. Also, if you
click on the Education link, there are links to samples and free education,

among other things. And if you take the Support link, there's a forum - the

Net.Data developers are on it - it was a great resource when I was looking
at using Net.Data in a previous life.

IIRC, the cross-platform site has links to some pretty big apps. That link
was timing out today, however.

IMO, the support for Net.Data is quite good. It's another example of a good

thing getting no press, however.

HTH

Vern

At 09:33 AM 8/28/2003 +0200, you wrote:


>Hi group (I hope this is the correct one),
>
>I have been looking at the Net.Data Administration and Programming Guide
>for OS400, and it looks as if this is something we could use in our
>organization.
>
>However, the one single example macro provided in the book is very simple
>to say the least.
>
>Does anybody know of a more elaborate tutorial, preferably containing
>examples that have more business use than a simple "SQL select in a
>browser"?
>
>Or does anyone have real-life business experiences they would be willing
to
>share?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Peter Colpaert
>Application Developer