Re: Getting the number of records in non-keyed logical files?

[Luis Rodriguez <luis.rodriguez2@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Rob, 
 
 (Sigh...) It is worse than that... I taught these guys how to make trigger 
programs. Gave them prototypes, etc. It seems that is a really complicated 
solution. 
  In fact, I decided to modify the CL after I saw several program messages 
about ovrdbfs, opening cursors, etc. and ending immediately because it didn't 
have any records to process. The program message queue was filling really fast.
  Yesterday a programmer was asking me how to use a 10 character filename in 
his program!!. I just didn't understand him until I realized he was speaking 
about a RPG program, not RPGLE. Could not convince him to use that strange 
command, CVTRPGSRC (he decided to write a CL with a OVRDBF).
  Regards,
  Luis Rodriguez
   
    midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
message: 5
date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:02:44 -0400
from: rob@xxxxxxxxx
subject: Re: Getting the number of records in non-keyed logical files?

A 5 second loop!?!?  Let me guess, something that could have easily been 
handled by a trigger, been less processor intensive on the i, and, been 
more responsive to immediately processing the new entries, by simply using 
a trigger, yet no one wants to do it that way because it might take 3 
minutes to download a sample trigger program, modify it and not have to 
worry about someone cancelling their never ending job, restarting it after 
IPL, etc.
I got people I work with doing the same stuff, so I feel your pain.

Job         User        Type     -----Status-----  Function
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Rob Berendt