RE: More SQL precompiler -- RPG400-L

I think everyone outside of IBM is in complete agreement on this, and we're
just preaching to the choir.  The question is: How do we get IBM to pay
attention?  Do the Soundoffs at COMMON really do any good?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Taylor [SMTP:jtaylor@rpg2java.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:39 PM
> To:   rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: More SQL precompiler
>
>
> Rob wrote:
>
> > Frankly I agree.  And that was my original thought when I entered my
> > concerns into the IBM arena.  Perhaps I was seduced once I went into
> there.
> > I think I couldn't see the forest because the trees were in the way.
> >
> > How do you suggest you get them to actually accept that the dang
> > precompiler should just accept everything that the language supports?
>
> FWIW, my view of the forest looks like this:
>
> The purpose of the SQL Precompiler is to read a source member written in a
> host language, find all the SQL statements within that source member, and
> convert those statements to run-time API calls in a syntax valid for that
> host language. If the precompiler is choking on syntax, data types,
> subprocedures, or other elements within the source member that are valid
> host language statements, then the product simply isn't functional.
>
> At the present time, there are SQL Precompilers available for the
> following
> languages:
>
> - C/C++
> - Cobol
> - PL/1
> - Rexx
> - RPG
> - ILE RPG
>
> Particularily noteworthy, is the fact that IBM distinguishes between RPG &
> ILE RPG in all of the documentation related to embedded SQL programming.
> This is evidence of the fact that they recognize those host languages as
> having distinctly different capabilities and, therefore, requirements.
>
> Presently, the precompiler does not allow us to utilize the full
> capabilities of the ILE RPG compiler. Indeed, the functional disparity
> grows
> with each new release! Therefore, I suggest that there is no need to talk
> about DCE's or customer enhancement surveys until the product has reached
> the point where it fulfills the fundamental requirements of a precompiler.
> Fortunately, they don't need a DCE to determine what those requirements
> are.
> All they have to do is consult the ILE RPG Reference Manual.
>
>
> John Taylor
>
>
>
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