RE: Learning RPG

                I taught myself RPG/400 from Judith Yaeger's "Programming in
RPG/400".  The book seems to cover all of the bases and there is a chapter
on RPGII for comparison to the language now.  There is also a chapter on
RPGIV to show how the language has and is progressing.   Either this book or
the instructor's manual comes with a floppy containing the DDS and Data to
write the programs at the end of each chapter.
                As far as internal vs external printer the book starts out
with internal O-specs and by chapter 5 it has progressed to externally
described files.   
                I had to learn around my daily responsibilities as well and
I found that the longest it took to get through a chapter was a week and a
half to two weeks.

                LAC

                                -----Original Message-----
                                From:   boothm@earth.Goddard.edu
[mailto:boothm@earth.Goddard.edu]
                                Sent:   Saturday, April 01, 2000 12:00 PM
                                To:     rpg400-l@midrange.com
                                Subject:        Learning RPG

                                What is the best way for two people to learn
RPG?  They taught themselves 
                                Query and are pretty good with SQL but they
need RPG to print the reports 
                                they want.  They each already have work to
do, so they will be learning it 
                                during the nooks and crannies.

                                The first question is:  RPG or RPGIV?  Their
software is mostly RPG.

                                Should they learn internal or external
printer files?

                                Any comments or recommendations for
self-teach materials would be 
                                appreciated.
                                _______________________
                                Booth Martin
                                boothm@earth.goddard.edu
                                http://www.spy.net/~booth
                                _______________________

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