Re: RPG Cycle (was: RPG IV Certification) -- MIDRANGE-L

yeah? well I can count apostrophes in my sleep. so there! ;-)

especially since I don't use double apostrophes for a single quote, I use
the double quote:

('fieldname *ne "' || &fldname || '"')

On 8/20/07, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That, I can do in my sleep.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rick baird
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: RPG Cycle (was: RPG IV Certification)

but you do have to count beginning and ending positions.... ;-)

On 8/20/07, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

According to none other than the renowned Jim Sloan, FMTDTA works as

well,

if not better than OPNQRYF.

Plus, one does not need to count the apostrophes.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:52 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: RPG Cycle (was: RPG IV Certification)

From: Chris Bipes

Hey if you are going to process an entire file sequentially, (by key

or

not), the cycle will buffer lots of records and greatly improve I/O.

"Entire file" has a lot of possibilities: with the use of OPNQRYF, it's
quite easy to use lots of your standard SQL selection and sorting
criteria.

And if you need to sort, select and summarize data, be it for report
purposes or even to create a subset for other use, then the cycle is

your

friend. Just try using SQL to print detail, subtotal and totals. It

can

be
done (think UNION), but it ain't easy.

And I am only 44

Whippersnapper.

Joe

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