Re: VARPG, VB and WebFacing

Hi John,

Acceptable for this customer, but sort of mediocre. On the other hand, it's
just a model 150 with 128MB RAM and 8GB or so of disk.  Not a real fast
system even doing green screen. I do like the flexibility though.

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bussert" <jbussert@stecnet.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:28 AM
Subject: RE: VARPG, VB and WebFacing


> That's a good point.  We have not yet run into it, but there is just a
> lot more we can do with SQL.  How have you found the performance with VB
> and ADO?
>
> john
>
> John Bussert
> Swift Technologies, Inc.
> www.swiftorder.com
> 847-289-8339
> 847-289-8939 (fax)
> jbussert@swiftorder.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dow [mailto:pcdow@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:16 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: VARPG, VB and WebFacing
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> I don't know if this applies to VARPG, or whether you've already noticed
> it,
> but when using VB with ADO, we chose SQL over record-level access
> because
> the error message would give constraint names. By using very long
> description constraint names it became relatively easy to figure out
> what
> the error was talking about.
>
> hth,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Bussert" <jbussert@stecnet.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:29 PM
> Subject: RE: VARPG, VB and WebFacing
>
>
> > Yea we ran into the db2 issue.  We are using SQL, so it is a little
> bit
> > of a hassle - but the flexability is very good, and it gives us some
> > capabilities that are just better than F spec IO.
> >
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon.Paris@hal.it [mailto:Jon.Paris@hal.it]
> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 11:39 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: VARPG, VB and WebFacing
> >
> >
> >
> >  >> With the restriction of requiring DB2 Connect on each deployed PC,
> > would it make more sense to use VB with ODBC?
> >
> > First you only need DB2 connect if you are using SQL - native
> > (READ/CHAIN/etc) I/O does not require it.  Also if this is an issue
> you
> > can
> > always use ODBC from within VARPG.
> >
> >  >> Is the performance of VARPG faster than VB with ODBC?
> >
> > Record level access is certainly very fast - can't speak for embedded
> > SQL
> > as I haven't tried it.
> >
> > Since you are considering WebFacing you are obviously looking at
> browser
> > based apps as well as thick client - so you should also take a look at
> > IBM's CGIDEV2 library for CGI programming (www.easy400.ibm.it) and
> also
> > ProGen WebSmart looks pretty good for the price.  Then of course
> there's
> > Lansa for the Web etc. etc.
> >
> > You should also take a look at Joe Pluta's approach to modernizing -
> see
> > the revitalisation pages (www.zappie.net) - Joe doesn't use VARPG on
> the
> > front end - but we've used this type of technique with VARPG, Java,
> CGI,
> > etc. on the front-end and it works well.
> >
> > Jon Paris
> > Jon.Paris@e400.com
> >
> > www.e400.com - A new wave of iSeries and AS/400 Education
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