On Jul 20, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Mark Zelden wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:08:50 -0500, Ed Gould
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As for as being "impossible to use", it's a SMOP and there are plenty
of examples on the CBT (including DAF).
In COBOL? Someone else showed an example of the offsets and it
wasn't simple either. I am not suggesting its impossible just a
little more than simple it isn't. IIRC it was not possible in
EASYTREV at least the version I had. SAS I know it can be done
because that is what the perf. cap. people use. I have never been
able to get the hang of SAS, but that is just me. Assembler, of
course but for a quick and dirty that is probably not an option.
Almost any report writer it probably would be difficult as they tend
(IMO) not to be able to handle such records. I have little doubt you
can do it in rexx but how many people would be able to debug it (if
need be).
Ed
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