RE: RPG - I'm not dead yet!

[john e <jacobus1968@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What i meant with that example was that it all has to do with how you design your code.
So instead of accessing a tabel directly with each program, use one module or *PGM or whatever to access the data.
And a CMS would help, yes.
But using a layered approach (access database thru a software layer) would help much more than any CMS.

> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:37:11 -0500
> From: david@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: RPG - I'm not dead yet!
>
> *** NOT REALLY TOPICAL TO THE DISCUSSION, BUT ... ***
>
> On 7/8/2011 10:51 AM, john e wrote:
> > In MY experience, with RPG...In almost all situations i was in, 
> > adding a simple field to a table required compilation of all 1000+ 
> > RPG programs.
>
> This is where a good change control system helps.
>
> Add a field to a file, promote the change from development to QA, all the programs that use that file are automatically recompiled.
>
> david
> (who works for MKS, a change control solution provider, in addition to running midrange.com)
>
>
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