Re: RUNSQL Command: Help & Escape Messages

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Luis

I agree that it feels not to be complete - it won't even run a SELECT 
statement, with a choice of outputs. Everyone who has written their own 
command has used Query Management queries, so far as I know, and the 
full set of allowable statements can be run there. That means almost 
everything that can be used only in embedded code, such as PREPARE and 
DECLARE CURSOR.

So I'm rather disappointed. Just as I was with RUNSQLSTM, which also 
does not run a SELECT.

Nonetheless, the lack of help text doesn't bother me as much as this 
other matter. And I don't remember if we had a chance to comment on the 
beta release, as presented in the developerworks article.

Regards
Vern

On 11/13/2012 6:08 PM, Luis Rodriguez wrote:
> Sam,
>
> I'm afraid that I haven't been able to "play" with RUNSQL (unfortunately we
> are stuck here in the Dark Ages - V5R3), but my feeling is this is, to say
> it somehow, a half-cooked command. The fact that the help text won't appear
> until the next release just reinforces me the impression of something
> rushed into production...
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Luis Rodriguez
> IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries