RE: SQL Vs. RPG Opinions

It will be something that will execute on a nightly basis. I'll be
refreshing the target database every night. Also, the logic is a bit
tricky. 

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:07:36 -0600, "Elvis Budimlic"
<ebudimlic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> If it's a one time shot why write programs?
> I find it much easier to write SQL for this kind of work. It's quick and
> flexible.  
> You can save your SQL statements into a source member and execute them as
> a
> script using RUNSQLSTM later on if the need for this arises again.
> 
> Elvis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>  Subject: SQL Vs. RPG Opinions
> 
> I have a need to populate many files from an established iSeries
> database. I would normally write some RPG/IV code to get the data I need
> and write to the files - standard stuff. However, these files are going
> to mimic a relational structure on a different system - after I create
> the files, I'll convert them to comma delimited format and send them to
> the target system where they'll be used as input for tables.
> 
> So, I'm really creating tables on my iSeries and sending them to the
> other system. Should I use SQL to do this? I've used SQL to create the
> tables and I could develop the SQL to populate the tables, but I'm
> wondering if it even makes sense to do this. 
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 
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