RE: Max length of a VARYING field

There's lot's of ways of dealing with large data sets. In the case of XML,
streaming is always an option. As of today (might change in the future), if
you are trying to pass an XML document that is larger than a couple MB's you
are most likely not using the right tool for the job. XML, or maybe better
stated - a web service, is not meant for data replication which is how I
sometimes see it used.

In my presentations I give the example of XML mis-use:
<ProductionCustomerNumber>123456789</ProductionCustomerNumber> - look how
much data was wasted with trying to convey a nine long integer! That's why
XML and web services are more a fit for cross platform/language
communication (i.e. program to program calls) vs. other data transport
"ideas".

My $.02,
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Holden Tommy
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:25 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Max length of a VARYING field

Just a question (showing my inexperience with web services, etc...) couldn't
you just write out the XML to the IFS and have the webservice pass that file
back?


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:08 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Max length of a VARYING field

Ok, I've not done much with XML myself. Forgot about that...

Rob Berendt
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