Re: Request for CL, DDS, SQL RPG enhancements

On Monday 22 April 2002 2:29 am, Simon Coulter wrote:
> Hey Jon,
>
> You wrote:
> >Mostly because of the lack of control structures, primitive (or at
> > least non-intuitive) error handling,  strange ideas about math and
> > string operations, and then there is the fact that since I can never
> > remember the syntax and have to prompt it, I always gets IBM's ugly
> > default formatting all over the place.
>
> Then you should use Rexx!  More control structures than you can shake a
> stick at. Return-code based error handling (although I prefer CL's
> exception model). All the maths and string functions you could want
> with standard behaviour.  No prompting, so format as you wish (but if
> you can't remember the syntax how do you code CL commands in RPG IV for
> system() or QCMDEXC?  Hmm!)

One way of prompting, assuming you're in SEU, is to hit F13 and change
the syntax check type from RPGLE, REXX or whatever to CLP. Prompt your
command(s) then set your syntax back to the original. Either that or
cut'n'paste from a prompted command on the F21 command line. Basic but
fairly quick.

> Note the RPG IV reference to keep this topic remotely on track :)

Hopefully likewise ;-)

> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.

Regards, Martin
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