Re: Anyone using SQLConnect, SQLPrepare, etc...

I'm not totally sure what you're asking -- especially when you reference ODBC (planning to connect to another system?) -- but I've used the SQL CLI procedures quite a few times, and they seem to work well.

The only problem I keep running into is that only one program can be using CLI at a time within a job. That can be a royal PITA if you are coding modularly, where one procedure may be fetch from one SQL statement, and then in a loop calling another modular routine that also happens to use CLI. A little bit of caution is required to eliminate that possibility.

But aside from that, they work great. Performance is about the same as dynamic SQL called via the embedded SQL precompiler. It's not as fast as static statements, though.



dmosley@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hey guys,
I'm just curious to know is anyone is using the c procedures (in RPG) for ODBC connections and the other SQL procedures.
I've got a great usage for these procedures, and have my beta running.... However, I'm new to these procedures
and am curious of any drawbacks, performance lags, etc, that may change my mind. Or, (which I'm hoping), that this is savior of truly dynamic SQL and I'm a fool for not using this in the past. (haha)

Either way, I'd like to hear back from anyone with experience with these procedures.
I add the "(in RPG)" statement in my first sentence so to make sure I stay correct in the forums guidelines.
I did create a c-program to do what I wanted, but was able to duplicate the whole process in RPG. (yeah).

Thanks in advance to any replies.
David


David L. Mosley, Jr.
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