Re: i/o module

["Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just because I am curious, and have some scenario based opinions on the
matter, why are you looking to externalize your DB IO from RPG?  Or rather,
what are your ROI points given the work required to write the code?

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:34 AM, David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have some code that they could post for externalizing file i/o
> operations ?
>
> I've had my first go at this and although it works I'm not fully happy with
> it.
>
> To replace an RPG CHAIN operation, my program does something like IF NOT
> ReadFile ( ), and the function ReadFile will do a CHAIN.
>
> However in replacing a loop like
>
> SETLL File
>
> DOU %eof
>
> READ File
>
> ENDDO
>
> I use another function that uses an SQL cursor. I realise that this last
> function could also do the same as the ReadFile ( ) , but should I replace a
> simple CHAIN by SQL?
> --
> This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l
> or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.