Null Support in RPG IV (was It's That Time Again! The 2002 RPG Enhancement Poll) -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Null Support in RPG IV (was It's That Time Again! The 2002 RPG Enhancement Poll)
From: "Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 14:03:23 -0400
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 >> Surely, given IBM's focus on SQL as the preferred database access method
and that the current support does make full use of SQL awkward, having full
support would make it easier to move to SQL.

I would agree with you Simon, but for one thing.  Rochester have already
made it plain that they do not want to support native file access to
databases that utilize new capabilities.  I'm not fully up-to-date on the
latest-and-greatest database stuff so I don't know if they have actually
implemented that policy yet, or if it is still in the future.  The result
will be that if I switch to SQL I may not be able to use that DB in a native
mode.  Given that, how much does native null support matter if only embedded
SQL will let me use the darned thing anyway?

Jon Paris
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