Re: Rexx address command versus execsql

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/04/2008, at 1:20 AM, <lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
<lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I performed some more testing (see my response to Simon) based on
> swapping the command and execsql environments. I see your  
> documentation
> references, but did not see Simon's in the programmer's guide or
> reference. It does make sense based on active and alternate
> environments.

Not everything I know can be found in IBM documentation :)

In this case I got the information from the Rexx Standard (ANSI  
X3J18-199X).

> As a shop convention, I explicitly state the REXX environment at the
> beginning of the programs, to start in a known state.
>
> Working on a new project with Rexx required me to mix command and SQL
> environments, and I was experimenting with their interaction.

That's essentially what triggered my "learning experience". I have  
been writing some extensions to Rexx and wrote a test case that used  
Rexx and SQL.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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