RE: Recommendations for a newcomer?

I said batch transaction processing from the get-go.

"Name a better batch transaction processor than RPG or COBOL, please."

Paul Nelson
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Kimmel
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:47 PM
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Subject: RE: Recommendations for a newcomer?

I claimed SQL is better for transaction processing. Then you gave me an
example that is not transaction processing; it was really old, really
archaic batch processing.

No. I would not write an order entry system in SQL. I would write it in a
combination of HTML, XML, javascript, java, jsp, and JDBC. JDBC includes SQL
transaction processing.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:42 PM
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Subject: RE: Recommendations for a newcomer?

Yeah, I know, but Dan claimed SQL is better.

:-))

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:38 PM
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Subject: Re: Recommendations for a newcomer?

Would you write an order entry system in SQL?

SQL? Only if filtered result sets are called for. Otherwise, RLA is best for
transaction processing.

The question is kind of twisted because you don't write systems in SQL. You
use SQL for database I/O. I wouldn't even consider the "L" in SQL to be a
language.
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