Every bank in existence does a nightly EOD batch process. Data entry on a keyboard is the lifeblood for companies like Bass Pro running a call center. I shudder to think what would happen to productivity if those call center agents were presented with a GUI and a mouse.
Paul Fenstermacher | Sys/NW Admin,Sr | Corporate Systems - POWER Systems Administration | Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r)
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Kimmel
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:32 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Recommendations for a newcomer?
With few exceptions, "batch processing" is a dead horse. Today's systems process transaction at a time directly from whatever capture mechanism is used. Data entry on a keyboard is fast becoming extinct. We grab information in barcodes at a retail checkout or IFR tags in a warehouse. Even those transactions are processed transaction-at-a-time. Proctor and Gamble knows my wife has purchased a can of Folgers before she swipes her credit card at the local Walmart.
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gqcy
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:21 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Recommendations for a newcomer?
Dan,
are you saying that "batch processing" is to be replaced?
or can you provide some examples of where SQL would "be a better batch transaction processor"?
Paul Nelson wrote:
Name a better batch transaction processor than RPG or COBOL, please Dan Kimmel wrote:
SQL
Paul Nelson wrote:
Now go write me a payroll timecard processing program in SQL.
On 5/14/2013 3:08 PM, Dan Kimmel wrote:
Payroll time card processing is not a batch application. It's a user interface transaction...
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