Re: Built-in %split RPGLE function -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Built-in %split RPGLE function
From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:09:22 -0500
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 2:24 AM, Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

5. problem is (are)
a. there are ill formatted records in the file that "bombs" the SQL
so one such faulty record causes the entire set to be lost.

This happens so often in the Real World. This is the main reason I
prefer interface/conversion code to be in a "full blown" programming
language rather than SQL.

I think SQL is a great language for querying and manipulating database
tables. CSVs and the like are not database tables.

John Y.

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