Re: Best Practices on DB2 SQL Databases

I cut my SQL teeth on interactive SQL in the early '90s - it's an excellent tool for starting out, especially the prompting. Admittedly, IBM have not updated it even to handle JOIN syntax, but I can live with that. At least once you put JOIN syntax in, it does recognize which tables you are using, so you can get column lists.

Now Navigator has the tool for running SQL statements but I've not seen a decent prompter there yet - QBE is a fantastic help in MS Access when I continued to sharpen my teeth. Now things like SQL Server and mySQL have tools that help you immensely - I do think IBM are a bit behind in this area - perhaps the Data perspective or QuantumDB can give us more what is needed - I've not had to go either of those routes yet, but they are recommended - well, the Data perspective can be a dog if you don't filter your connection enough!!!

So one can decry some of the simple tools, but there are still beginners out here who could well benefit from their use.

JMHO
Vern

DeLong, Eric wrote:

Scoff if you want, I really DID get my first exposure to RPG/400 by
reviewing Synon/2E generated code. What else is one to do? We were a
S36 shop (in the sun-blasted wastes of west Texas) that bought into the
Synon vision when moving to the AS400, though I was the only developer
there to ever use it for a production application. No LUG, IBM was 60
miles away, no internet. Synon was the only tutor I had at the time,
and I was grateful to have that....

...Ah the memories,
Eric DeLong

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Doing the simple way is like saying you know RPG because you generated

an inquiry screen from within a CASE tool like AS/SET once.

Well, I know RPG because I used Synon... so I'm good right? :-)

-Walden

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