Re: Embedded SQL For Screen Load

Disagree. Have been using SQL to write screens for 10 years. No problems.


On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:56 PM, <MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Really? What about the following?

where db_column >= :search

Lot's of posts over the years detailing the hoops needed in SQL to

do a

position to (and provide the exact functionality you have now). Not

really

worth the effort IMO.

It's not the same.​ From a SETLL, you can read forward or backward. The
SQL above only allows forward.

If you want to allow seamless (to the user) forward or backward, you've

got

hoops to jump through.

It can be done, but there's more effort for no benefit. Just leave it as
native I/O.

If you what to move to SQL, then move to SQL. Forget "Position to" and

use

"Starts with" or "Contains" or whatever. Consider distinct sort by
functionality.

So instead of being able to simply position to a customer name, your user
can get a list of customers with State=TX ordered by Zip code for

instance.

Charles
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