• Subject: RE: Survey for AS/400 Developers (ISERIES) DB2/400
  • From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:50:00 -0700

Hate to be a bore on the subject, but not everyone works in a shop that has
the full SQL package.  Personally, I'd love to have SQL available.  

The usual management arguments against buying the full package are:
     We're doing fine without it and it costs too much.
     No one here understands how to use it.
     It's a real performance hog.

I know it would help me do some things more easily, and I would enjoy
learning to use it.  BTW, I have campaigned for it and I'm stil working on
it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 7:36 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Survey for AS/400 Developers (ISERIES) DB2/400
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> 
> Gee, I code RPG, I've used SQL in my RPG.  I didn't have a 
> gun pointed to
> my head telling me to do so.
> 
> Any others?
> 
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> Native RPG access to DB2/400 is the issue. You will never 
> convince me that
> a
> SQLRPGLE program is the way any RPG programmer would be the choice to
> access
> DB2.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of DAsmussen@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:26 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Survey for AS/400 Developers (ISERIES) DB2/400
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> David,
> 
> What's the problem here?  OPNQRYF not receiving the latest 
> updates?  Good
> riddance to bad rubbish, I say.  SQL is _FAR_ more intuitive...
> 
> JMHO,
> 
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
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> "Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." -- 
> Steven Wright
> 
> In a message dated 10/26/00 3:15:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ddunfie@net-link.net writes:
> 
> > I received this e-mail from IBM today. It raises some real 
> concerns for
> the
> >  future if the Iseries.
> >
> >  IBM values your input on the design and direction of DB2 UDB for
> >  AS/400.
> >
> >  For some time now, SQL has been the strategic interface for the
> >  industry and the AS/400 database, DB2 UDB for AS/400. As such,
> >  IBM has focused the database investment on SQL and has made
> >  some new database  functionality  (e.g.,  BLOBs, ROUND &
> >  DAYOFWEEK scalar functions,  Derived Tables, etc)  available
> >  only on SQL interfaces.   As a result, non-SQL interfaces such as
> >  OPNQRYF were not enhanced to access these new database features.
> >  Although it's not a common practice,  native opens (OPNQRYF,
> >  OPNDBF, high-level language opens) currently can reference most
> >  SQL Views  (an SQL View is just a logical file),  so it is 
> possible to
> >  create an SQL View that uses some of the newer database
> >  functionality and then have native open reference that SQL View to
> >  access these newer features.
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