Re: OPNQRYF fun

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

But why master this command, unless to support existing code, when:
SQL can do everything it can,
more newbies will understand SQL than OPNQRYF,
SQL is more universal, (see immediately above),
SQL is more understandable.
I often got the OVRDBF wrong on OPNQRYF.  I've done some slick stuff in 
OPNQRYF.  I'll take SQL any day.





MBOCEANSIDE@postoffice.worldnet.att.net on 04/15/99 03:44:55 PM
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Rob Berendt wrote:
> 
> Yes, OPNQRYF is powerful.  But isn't it just for companies who are too cheap 
>to buy SQL?

Nope... just a very poorly documented utility.. that goes back to the
S/38...
It "was" the original SQL... but so poorly documented, very few folks
use
it for anything other than basic selection and sort(which is a PIA)... I
have seen(but not mastered) some very neat stuff done with the simple
little
command... Even the guy who came up with Qusrtool(Jim Sloan) developed a
front end to make it easier to use. There have been entire books on this
one single command,soooooo... too cheap to buy SQL.. I don't think so..

If you can master this one command, you really have somthing to crow
about.
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