RE: is nmi translator off limits?

[Njål Fisketjøn <n.f@xxxxxxx>]

API's get new parameters added, too.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mi400@midrange.com [mailto:owner-mi400@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
Sent: 11. mai 2001 23:15
To: MI400@midrange.com
Subject: Re: is nmi translator off limits?

We are getting away from the topic here, suffice it to say that there are ways of

dealing with this problem. E.g. the way many IBM supplied APIs work with a

format name that defines the format of one or more otherwise unstructured

receiver variables.

----- Original Message -----

From: Njål Fisketjøn

To: MI400@midrange.com

Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 4:02 PM

Subject: RE: is nmi translator off limits?

Do you mean that all systems should be static? That all possible parameters of all service program functions

are decided before any programming is done? This is certainly not the case with the applications I know.

We have live and everchanging systems reflecting the changing needs of the companies using them and

their customers.

 

Do you mean that every time a new parameter is needed to a service program function I should invent a new

name (eg. GetListOfCustomers37)?

 

Since we're quite off topic here, maybe we should discuss this in the AS/400 NG? :) It would be interesting to know

if I'm out on my own here...