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M. Lazarus wrote:
Since the PC doesn't contain an RDBS and no indexing,
VARPG didn't support local ISAM access, which greatly
slowed its adoption, IMHO. It also didn't support
printer files, IIRC.
I supported DB2 for i5/OS [OS/400] access from a PC-based RPG,
via DDM as I recall, which was ISAM. IIRC that was VARPG; its
intent as I understood, was to access the RDBMS and other
objects\data on the server. Long ago [pre MS OLE DB?] that was the
only way I was aware of anyone accessing database files via RLA
while asking for an ASCII CCSID; i.e. not using a CCSID for the job,
since those are only EBCDIC CCSIDs. Only once did I ever have an
actual dll to run; of the few issues, we would create internal tests
which mimicked the incoming requests [to recreate any apparent
problem] so as never to require a client for automated tests. As
such I never used the product, thus why its name was unimportant and
forgotten to me. I know incoming requests supported both keyed and
sequential access methods; presumably also direct\RRN access method;
as I recall the DDM architecture provides for all three of those
[and blocking?].
Regards, Chuck
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