Re: Time to get serious

[vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Native I/O and SQL both use storage management, etc. Native doesn't use SQL 
itself - that is a different code path. But they all go to the same innards.

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> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:24:38 -0600 
> > "SQL is good enough for most platforms, and most 
> > problems. But when 
> > it's not, you need the raw power of native I/O, the power 
> > that only RPG 
> > can bring you. RPG: assembly language for your database, 
> > available only 
> > on the iSeries!" 
> 
> Doesn't native I/O (read, chain, etc) use SQL down in the 
> bowels of the system anyhow? Dynamic SQL for some 
> applications is much more powerful and easier to use than 
> native I/O (in RPG programs). 
> 
> To me, it sounds like you are trying to market for your 
> gain here. :) Don't take that the wrong way. I agree 
> with it, but it's sort of weighted to one of your 
> solutions, isn't it? 
>