RE: Case conversion (was Re: Large Return values)

Hans,
Absolutely, that's why I suggested %toupper() it is something everybody
needs, deals with the long return values and also has performance
implications. 
So the first question is why would you use iconv() instead of
QlgConvertCase?
-Bob


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Hans Boldt
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 8:39 AM
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Subject: Re: Case conversion (was Re: Large Return values)

Bob Cozzi wrote:
> Hans,
> Would you mind explaining what advantage an IBM-implementation of say...
> "%toupper()" built-in function would provide over a programmer-written
> "toupper()" procedure? 
> For example, would a long returned value be an issue, would it be language
> independent, would it have any performance implications?
> 

Just to make clear from the start, this is strictly a theoretical 
question since a %TOUPPER() built-in is not a future objective for us.

I'm not sure I see any advantages of a %TOUPPER() built-in since it 
would be nothing more than a wrapper for the function iconv().

Cheers! Hans

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