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Jim Essinger wrote:
I know that on my first 3 or 4 update, delete or insert statements, I could
have written a program to do the same thing in less time. However, now that
I have paid that learning curve time, I can do things much faster with an
SQL statement than by writing a program.
Just my 2 pennies.
Jim:
Since I agree, I put it at more than 2 pennies. As I said, I'd probably
do it with SQL myself. I've used SQL for more than 20 years, though, and
the problem was clear, as it was to those who supplied the multiple answers.
What made me think was how a debug session would have shown exactly what
the problem was in RPG. In SQL, you either already know the answer or
you start asking to see if someone else knows. Debug isn't quite the
same with SQL. You don't get to see what happens inside the SQL
statement as it runs.
Somehow, it seems like there should be a better way. As abstraction goes
to higher levels, things get harder to see.
Tom Liotta
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