RE: RPG - I'm not dead yet!

What i meant with that example was that it all has to do with how you design your code.
So instead of accessing a tabel directly with each program, use one module or *PGM or whatever to access the data.
And a CMS would help, yes.
But using a layered approach (access database thru a software layer) would help much more than any CMS.

Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:37:11 -0500
From: david@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: RPG - I'm not dead yet!

*** NOT REALLY TOPICAL TO THE DISCUSSION, BUT ... ***

On 7/8/2011 10:51 AM, john e wrote:

In MY experience, with RPG...In almost all situations i was in,
adding a simple field to a table required compilation of all 1000+
RPG programs.

This is where a good change control system helps.

Add a field to a file, promote the change from development to QA, all the programs that use that file are automatically recompiled.

david
(who works for MKS, a change control solution provider, in addition to running midrange.com)


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