DCR (was: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1954)

I appreciate your frustration with Herring's answer. We don't always get the answers we want.

I filled out a DCR months ago for a minor nuisance. Finally got a phone call that basically said, "You're right. We'll put it in the next release." (Not a PTF, which I thought would have been easy enough to do, but obviously wasn't as much of a nuisance to Rochester).
The DCR that Rob was suggesting would be much more far reaching than the one I submitted. And probably quite a bit more trouble (for you and the Lab). But if you don't submit a DCR or a requirement to COMMON, it probably won't get changed and you won't have any right to bitch at the Open Mike session at COMMON (or wherever you choose to make your stand).

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Steve Richter wrote:

On 9/27/07, rob@xxxxxxxxx <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

1 - Please change your subject line. One reason I do not read in Digest
form.

fair enough. not sure what the subject is. on a related note, would
be great if people on this list would trim their email responses. in
gmail it is a hassle to scroll thru pages of garbage.

2 - Some of your concerns are not related to the languages team. It's the
database team, out of Rochester, that writes the precompiler. I assume
you are noting a lack of the imbedded sql not being able to read a result
set. And, not talking about using SQL-CLI (which can) in RPG.
What happened when you submitted a DCR at:
https://www-912.ibm.com/r_dir/ReqDesChange.nsf/Request_for_Design_Change?OpenForm

I asked Jim Herring in a recent iSociety chat if v6r1 would have long
object name support. he answered that was a good idea, but would wait
for Common to suggest it. I thought that was a dodge of an answer.
Couple that with the news that Hans, very smart, highly trained and
experienced, commited to the platform was given crap assignments and
quit his job. I see a dcr as a waste of time.

-Steve