Re: Midrange Knowledge test

["Michael Naughton" <mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not going to argue against the cycle, but this is the sort of thing
that SQL is good at, too. (In fact, using SQL you _might_ be able to cut
down considerably on the number of separate programs, reducing both lines
of code and debugging issues.)

IMHO, "modern" RPG (meaning RPG IV) does have some real advantages, and
embedded SQL is definitely one of them. But for those who are so inclined,
by all means cycle on! :-)

And to all a Happy New Year!

Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>We have a large number of sales
>analysis reports that combine these three files, using the RPG cycle with
>level breaks and matching records. I can imagine writing those reports in
>some other language -- no, thank you very much. The cycle is great for
>that.
>
>However, RPG didn't save that many lines of code (just many hours of
>debugging). The reason is that all of the reports look very similar, they
>just have different selection and sorting before they are produced. 


Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA  01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx