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I came into RPG after MANY years of COBOL programming. I eventually came
across a program that used the cycle.
The file was defined BUT NO READ of the !@#$%^& file.
Talk about exasperation.
No documentation within the program.
And as I was the only person working on the AS/400, there was no-one else
to ask
It took me awhile before I noticed THAT P on the file definition.

Please everyone - please bear in mind, the answers are always easy for the
person who already knows the answer.



Alan Shore

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill

rpg400-l-bounces+alanshore=nbty.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 04/26/2007
10:34:28 AM:

I do not understand the difficulty in learning the Cycle? People write
as if it is tough to understand. To my mind it essentially is a means
of doing the housekeeping for you. Just let the system open and close
files, read records, keep track of level breaks, and do the multi-file
processing. There's no need to create the same hamster wheel over and
over. Where is the complexity that scares everyone?



Raby, Steve wrote:
<snip>
What difference does it matter if it's the cycle or sql if the
next person in line to have a go at the
program doesn't understand the full function of RPG? Let's say he
used SQL, and the next programmer has no experience in SQL.
Wouldn't that waste just as much time as an SQL savy person who has
no clue about the cycle trying to modify a cycle program?<Snip>

But of course we should only learn new new things, not old new
things. <tic>

<Snip>
If you can't figure out the cycle, then pass the program to
someone that can figure it
out, or learn it so next time you know about it. It amazes me
sometimes
the lack of gumption to learn something new. Even if you don't like
it,
you should learn it in case you have to work with it.<snip>

Hear hear.

Steve



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