RE: Can you do this in SQL

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>
> I would expect that that statement is readable by almost any DBA on the
> planet and they would be able to tell you what it should do, even
> though it
> doesn't work. But they would be guessing at the functionality of the RPG
> program and the OPNQRYF, unless they are specifically 400/iSeries
> programmers. But hey, maybe I'm wrong...

How many DBAs do you have writing your business applications?  I suspect
there are far mroe RPG programmers writing business applications than tehre
are DBAs, and perhaps that's the issue.  Obscure SQL syntax is "normal" for
a good DBA, but from what I understand, there aren't all that many good
DBAs.  There are LOTS and LOTS of good RPG programmers.