RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: RFE for your perusal -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Mark
You say
But I don't really want to call into the database just to have it do basic string handling

My question is - why not?
More and more I am creating SQLRPGLE just so I CAN use SQL functions (like UPPER - which is apparently more efficient)

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 2:23 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: RFE for your perusal

BTW, the SQL substr() works as expected. The RPG %subst() does not. But I don't really want to call into the database just to have it do basic string handling.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 2:20 PM Mark Murphy <jmarkmurphy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well I guess that's the difference between us, you would prefer to
write procedures to fix deficiencies in the compiler, I would prefer
the compiler was improved.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 1:28 PM <dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on
07/30/2019
01:09:53 PM:

Real quick: what does this do?

%subst(string: 1: %min(10: %len(string)))

now, what does this do?

%subst(string: 1: 10)

I would actually prefer %left(string: 10), but that is not an option.

You prefer the first? I don't.

Actually, I prefer neither -- if, as you say, either can fail
at execution time.

I also don't see the second as sloppy.

I do -- if it can fail at execution time.

I see that as wasted effort.

I don't -- to prevent failures t execution time.

Here is a solution for you that doesn't require IBM to waste
their time and money changing something that works just fine as it
is...
Create
a service procedure called "fuzzy_subst()" (or something similar) and
then always use that service procedure instead of using %subst()
directly.

Sincerely,

Dave Clark
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