RE: RPG/SDA Question

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks like the start of another readc/sflnxtchg war.  I agree with Dan.  I
doubt I've used readc in more than 10% of my subfile processing.  Maybe, in
my case, it has to do with trying to stick with what I understand and what
I'm likely to understand a week after I wrote the code. <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Bale [mailto:dbale@genfast.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 1:22 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: RPG/SDA Question
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >>The problem I've had with READC is that if any IO happens, 
> the modified data
> tags get reset...and...on most any subfile application that 
> actually does
> anything, some kind of IO happens between the change and the 
> readc.  I don't use
> readc much anymore because of this........just my opinion.<<
> 
> I agree.  There's just so much extra work involved to use 
> READC.  I never use it
> in anything I write anymore.  I find it to be a maintenance 
> headache; just read
> the darn subfile, test your values and decide whether 
> anything was changed.  If
> I remember correctly, READC was intended to improve 
> performance on the really
> big subfiles where only a few records would be changed.  It 
> is a rare subfile
> that I come across nowadays that regularly has more than 100 
> records.  And on
> today's machines, it's just not gonna impact your response time.
> 
> IMHO,
> Dan Bale
> 
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