Re: Proposal for New RPG BIF

Not sure. Everytime I see "exec sql" in an embedded sql rpg program, I
understand there will be a call to the engine, even when you are calling a
scalar, light, simple sql function and to me that is expensive. Correct me
if I'm wrong. Neither am I sure if tailoring a BIF like this is also
expensive.

I was also thinking about yet another option for it. Say the first
argument is the number of spaces. And what about a second, optional one
that would take the character that you'd like to stuff in?

example

stmfSring = var1 + %SPACES(50) + var2 + %SPACES(80: '*') +
%SPACES(20:*TAB) + var3;

Not only elegant, but very useful I think.

With this, I would also say that the best name for the BIF is %STUFF.

Team, these are only ideas. We don't have to spend so much time discussing
them. It's only opinions and votes. I don't use IBM Ideas because I
always get issues with my login, so maybe someone interested could post it
on my behalf.

Democracy is about surveys and votes.

Thanks.

El mié, 31 jul 2024 a las 9:05, Mark Waterbury (<
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>) escribió:

There is no need for any SQL in this use case (just returning spaces).
On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 11:00:46 AM EDT, Javier Sanchez <
javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, but, question: calling SQL to do that,is it not expensive?

El mar, 30 jul 2024 a las 23:56, Birgitta Hauser (<Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

)

escribió:

You have a SPACE scalar function in SQL ... so just use embedded SQL and
you
have the function.

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Subject: Proposal for New RPG BIF

Team,

Honestly, I didn't want to go and look for the already posted proposals

for

new TRs in RPG.

If this already exists and was rejected, just throw me a lot of rotten

eggs

(LOL).

I am thinking of a new BIF: %SPACES(nSpaces)

This would help a lot to stuff in a string a number of spaces when
concatenating several pieces of other strings.

Example:

stmfString = var1 + %SPACES(50) + var2 + %SPACES(20);

The literal number of spaces can also be a variable containing a valid
positive value for the number of spaces to stuff in.

Opinions? (Or rotten eggs).

Thanks,

JS
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