RE: w/%editc() - Qualified Names

["Bob Cozzi \(RPGIV\)" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

John,

XXXCST does not equal  xx.CustName
XXXACT does not equal  xx.Account
XXXCTY does not equal  xx.County  (you thought I meant "City" Ha!)

Bob Cozzi
cozzi@rpgiv.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
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> Behalf Of jpcarr@tredegar.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:49 AM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: w/%editc() - Qualified Names
>
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> >John,
> >What's the difference between specifying a field named  XXNAME in SQL
> >and using a co-relational name xx.name?
> >I think if they want to query the customer master file, they would
> >perfer to specify CITY, STATE, ZIP rather than CSTCTY, CSTSTE,
CSTZIP.
> >Besides, do end-users do JOIN functions when they run Query/400? If
> >they're that smart, they can handle read field name.
> >Bob Cozzi
>
>
> I noted that Bob.
>
> >....still leaves End Users
> >who use (say) Query/400 to have to qualify names,  and forces the use
> >of correlated names in SQL.
> >While you can do that in both places,  It's a tedious effort that is
> >not required if the DB is named that way.
>
> It was from the other point mostly that I like the qualified name.
> * to me *  it signify better where this "Instance" of Customer comes
from.
>
> It just seems more self-evident to me.
>
> For you, Just Imagine there is a period in the center of XXXCUST.
>
> XXX.Cust is transitory.  XXXCUST is Global.
>
> Just personal preferences.
>
> John
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