RE: Evaluate complex conditions -- MIDRANGE-L

If you experience performance problems using interactive SQL try running it
in debug and then act on the suggestions.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Reeve [SMTP:richreeve@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 4:11 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Evaluate complex conditions
> 
> My experience is that both SQL and Query when run
> interactively are tremendous resource hogs.  Both
> should be run in batch or if interactive at a lower
> priority/timeslice than other interactive jobs.
> 
> --- booth@martinvt.com wrote:
> > You suggest that an SQL process is not a performance
> > pig compared to 
> > properly written RPGIV program.   Is there any
> > experience out there to 
> > support or confute this?
> > 
> > I ask because we notice that whenever one of the SQL
> > gurus starts an SQL 
> > process off the command line all the rest of us
> > might as well go for 
> > coffee until the SQL is done. 
> > 
> > _______________________
> > Booth Martin
> > Booth@MartinVT.com
> > http://www.MartinVT.com
> > _______________________
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Marco Facchinetti <facchinetti@yahoo.com>
> > Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > 10/25/2000 05:28 AM
> > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
> > 
> >  
> >         To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> >         cc: 
> >         Subject:        Re: Evaluate complex
> > conditions
> > 
> > Martin, if your purpose is a Query Tool my
> > experience says
> > that is better find something ready on the market.
> > About performance: if an sql statement is too heavy
> > the
> > same one done in (eg.) RPG will take a very long
> > time to be
> > executed. If you got the right logical files defined
> > in you
> > DB you'll get good performace if not....
> > Anyway if your are looking to eval or check an
> > expression
> > just remember tha procedure calls can be recursive,
> > so you
> > don't need any stack, procedures do it for you. 
> > 
> > Enjoy...
> > 
> > --- booth@martinvt.com wrote:
> > > I have 4 problems with an SQL solution. 
> > > 
> > > 1-I don't know SQL well enough to  write the
> > strings on
> > > the fly. 
> > > 2-Users I know can't fill in a command line string
> > > suitably for an SQL 
> > > solution, 
> > > 3-the few instances of SQL selections I've seen
> > have
> > > performance pigs in 
> > > that SQL would suck in the sides of the machine in
> > an
> > > interactive job, and 
> > > even with that still respond slowly.
> > > 4-giving users full flexibility with and/or
> > selections
> > > just doesn't work 
> > > well.  Their intentions are good but the example
> > given
> > > yesterday is a 
> > > wonderful example of the problem.  ( "give me all
> > > registered voters in New 
> > > Hampshire and Vermont" will list just a few
> > energized
> > > citizens that like 
> > > to vote early and vote often.)
> > > 
> > > imho
> > > _______________________
> > > Booth Martin
> > > Booth@MartinVT.com
> > > http://www.MartinVT.com
> > > _______________________
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Marco Facchinetti <facchinetti@yahoo.com>
> > > Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > > 10/24/2000 03:34 AM
> > > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
> > > 
> > > 
> > >         To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > >         cc: 
> > >         Subject:        Re: Evaluate complex
> > conditions
> > > 
> > > SQL?
> > > --- booth@martinvt.com wrote:
> > > > Terry, the only method I've been able to create
> > and
> > > then
> > > > understand again 
> > > > a week later, is to make a series of
> > subroutines.  Each
> > > > subroutine will 
> > > > have a test for a condition and will flip a flag
> > if the
> > > > condition is not 
> > > > met.  Something like this:
> > > > 
> > > >  C    Eval      DoItFlag = 'Yes'
> > > >  C    Exsr    Test1
> > > >  C    If         DoItFlag = 'Yes' And Test1Flag
> > = 'Yes'
> > > >  C    EXSR   Test1SR
> > > >  C    End
> > > >  C    If         DoItFlag = 'Yes' And Test2Flag
> > ='Yes'
> > > >  C    EXSR   Test2SR
> > > >  C    End
> > > >  C    If         DoItFlag = 'Yes' And Test3Flag
> > = 'Yes'
> > > >  C    EXSR   Test3SR
> > > >  C    End
> > > >   C    If         DoItFlag = 'Yes'
> > > >  C    EXSR   OKToDoSR
> > > >  C    End 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________
> > > > Booth Martin
> > > > Booth@MartinVT.com
> > > > http://www.MartinVT.com
> > > > _______________________
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Terry Grider <tgrider@arkansas.net>
> > > > Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > > > 10/23/2000 12:43 PM
> > > > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >         To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > > >         cc: 
> > > >         Subject:        Re: Evaluate complex
> > conditions
> > > > 
> > > > Sorry guys,  I didn't do a very good job of
> > explaining
> > > > what I was looking 
> > > > for.
> > > > I don't mean I want code that is an example of
> > testing
> > > > for complex 
> > > > conditions, I
> > > > mean I'm looking for code that will evaluate
> > statements
> > > > like the one in my
> > > > original example and determine the truth of the
> > > > statement.  You see, I'm 
> > > > writing
> > > > a query tool and I want the user to be able to
> > provide
> > > > selection criteria 
> > > > in an
> > > > english style IF format similar to cobol or
> > other query
> > > > tools I've seen. I 
> > > > can
> > > > currently handle simple criteria with "and/or"
> > > > connectors, but I can't 
> > > > seem to
> > > > come up with a good method for handling multiple
> > levels
> > > > of parenthesis.
> > > > 
> > > > Terry Grider wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Has anyone ever written or seen an example of
> > program
> > > > code designed to
> > > > > evaluate complex conditions?  For example, if
> > you
> > > > wanted to evaluate a =
> > > > > b and (c = d or c = e or c = f).  I'm looking
> > for
> > > > something that can do
> > > > > multiple levels of parenthesis and all
> > "and/or"
> > > > combinations.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Terry Grider
> > > > > tgrider@arkansas.net
> > 
> > 
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