RE: What is 5722ST1?

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Eric,

That is a great argument.  Hopefully you've sent that in to IBM.  If you
have, then I will be willing to do so also as a show of force.

Rob Berendt
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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Thinking a little more about this....  At V5R1 (and V4R5 with PTF), IBM
began packaging all the compilers with ADTS.  We get all the languages, we
get all the tools, EXCEPT FOR SQL PRECOMPILER.  Seems a little silly for
all
the other developer specific bits to be packaged together, and leave out
the
SQL precompiler (such as it is).


Eric DeLong
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940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 1:30 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
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Subject: What is 5722ST1?



What is 5722ST1?
On my system it says it is DB2 Query Manager and SQL Development Kit for
AS/400.

And what does that NOT compose?  On machines without it I still have:
-RUNSQLSTM
-STRQMQRY
-Interactive SQL via Operations Navigator.
-Externally defined files.
-BLOBS, datalinks, etc
-Stored procedures
-User Defined Functions.
-etc.

So what does shelling out the money for 5722ST1 give me?
-STRSQL.  Very basic prompting.  Extremely limited as far as joins, etc.
Many commands are not supported for prompting, but can be typed in
manually.  I suspect that this won't have a lot of new features added to
it.  The latest rage is Op's Nav.
-STRQM.  Not a bad product.  Has more features than Query/400.  Just a
teensy bit less user friendly.  You actually could build your QMQRY's using
your favorite editor and the CRTQMQRY command which comes packaged with
SS1.
-The SQL precompiler.  An alternative would be using the SQL CLI's.  I've
done a little research into this, and I'd rather have a decent precompiler.

In summary, what are they doing with the money generated from the purchase
of 5722ST1?  Granted, shareholders and whatnot deserve a chunk, but some
should be going back into R&D.
- Are they enhancing STRSQL?  I don't think so.
- Are they enhancing STRQM?  Has anyone seen evidence of that?
- Are they improving the precompiler?  At least not for the last several
releases.
- Are they putting it into DB2 for the iSeries as a whole?
If it is the last, then shouldn't they just include the functions of
5722ST1 with the base operating system?

Rob Berendt
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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