Re: Feed result set into a command

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LOL, Buck

At my own joke!

Actually, I was __mostly__ having fun. I really like REXX. Using it as a 
command processing program is cool..However, if evoking it with STRREXPRC, 
it may not be the best choice for repetitive actions - it IS interpreted 
and the STRREXPRC is a dynamic call - like good ol' OPM.

Buck's code could be called directly as a CPP for a command with no 
parameters, or have things like file name, etc. Parsing parameters in REXX 
is very easy.

The bit about maintainability comes from experience in a previous job - new 
stuff is added to the mix with much caution, but if you get the OK - or can 
give the OK - give it a try - it IS very cool.

And, to speak to Adam's use of net.data (which I also think is tres cool), 
there is a REXX environment for net.data, so it can be directly evoked from 
there.

Vern

At 02:55 PM 4/5/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> Vern Hamberg replied:
>
> > I recommend putting the exception join into an RPG program
> > (or REXX, if you want some cool fun and something that
> > no one else in your shop could maintain).
>
> Knowing Vern, he's being a tad funny here.  ReXX is both fun and easy to
> use, and is quite a reasonable fit for this scenario.  Put this source in a
> source file (I use the ever-imaginative QREXSRC) and process it with the
> STRREXPRC command: