RE: AW: Random number in VARPG

[Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxx]

Tom,

If the data access is to go through ODBC, I guess a simple MS Access .mdb 
would suffice.  And cause less overhead than SQL Server.

Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

Best regards,

Peter Colpaert
Application Developer
Massive - Kontich, Belgium
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qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Liotta)
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11/03/2005 01:04
Please respond to RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries

 
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        Subject:        RE: AW: Random number in VARPG


VARPG ought to be able to call various DLLs that can return random numbers 
on a PC, though I don't know what might be appropriate for a random 
number. I'd figure there are some to choose from.

As for SQL, you can download and install the Microsoft MSDE version of SQL 
Server for free. The administrative interface is gone, there are limits on 
how many instances you can have, table maximum sizes are limited, etc., 
but it's real stuff as far as application access is concerned -- e.g., 
ODBC.

Command-line access can be via the OSQL command. Somewhat similar to 
interactive SQL on iSeries without prompting.

(More of us need to play with this stuff anyway.)

Tom Liotta