OK. But what do fancy reports have to do with getting a bunch of ironworkers
paid on time? In many places, the union rules stipulate what time of day
during the week that the checks are handed out. If the checks are late, the
guys take a coffee break until they get their checks.
At any rate, this thread belongs over in Non-Tech.
Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
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I've got money that says I can build a union payroll application in RPG
a
whole lot faster than you can in Java/C##.
I've been writing RPG since 1989, and learning from the experts here all
along the way, so I have a pretty darn good idea of what can and can't be
done with it.
Yesterday, I pounded out 7 new reports in SQL Server Reporting Services
(against the i5 DB) of moderate complexity in 3.5 hours. Based upon my
experience, I know it would have taken me more than 3 times as long to do
those in _Report_Program_Generator_, and it wouldn't have any of the cool
features that SSRS provides for "free" (meaning no extra coding effort).
I did a couple more afterwards that included charts and graphics. These are
reports that simply cannot be written in RPG, unless your RPG program is
nothing but a wrapper for a bunch of Java calls.
RPG has its place... in the history books. ;-))
John Taylor
midrange.com
