Re: Saving and restoring LOB data (was Max length of VARYING fields)

[Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

> This is an interesting issue.  Ignoring your little slam of RPG (without the
> engine, a Ferrari would just be a funky soap-box derby car <smirk>), the
> whole issue of LOB archival is a good one.

No slam.  I've been waving the RPG flag as long as anybody.  My point 
was that giant VARCHARs and LOBs are strictly SQL beasts.  You can't 
touch them with DDS - no display screen, no PF, no printer file.  Once 
you've taken out tight DB2 integration (i.e. native I/O, external files) 
RPG has virtually nothing to offer to the problem of large VARCHARs.

If there's a slam, it's that I can't do all the SQL data definition 
tasks in DDS, which refers back to my comment that the language labs 
need the cooperation of the database folk.

I'll tag along over to Midrange-L for the rest of the conversation...