Re: [U2] DATA Statements - @USERn

2004-11-12 Thread Kate Stanton
Thanks for that - I hadn't cottoned on to these, and had always used named common. - Original Message - From: "Fred Finken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 7:59 AM Subject: RE: [U2] DATA Statements > While Ken

RE: [U2] DATA Statements

2004-11-12 Thread Fred Finken
While Ken's reply is absolutely correct, I would advise anyone to avoid the use of DATA statements. They work as advertised for simple applications, but they don't scale very well. Here's an alternative for interprogram communication that is easily understood, works well and scales well too. Re

RE: [U2] DATA Statements

2004-11-12 Thread Timothy Snyder
"George Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/12/2004 10:56:00 AM: > Does that mean that if I am from the "Pick" background instead of > "prime" I can set the switch and it will have no effect on the new .NET > C# implementation. The docs recommend that you use the "unidata" > settings. Not a pr

RE: [U2] DATA Statements

2004-11-12 Thread Brian Leach
> Don't fear UDT.OPTIONS, embrace them. Bear in mind that you're not changing anything system-wide. You're only impacting the session that invokes them. You can do some wonderful things by flipping these bad boys on and off. Yes, like create a support nightmare when someone forgets to reset the

RE: [U2] DATA Statements

2004-11-12 Thread George Smith
Tim, Does that mean that if I am from the "Pick" background instead of "prime" I can set the switch and it will have no effect on the new .NET C# implementation. The docs recommend that you use the "unidata" settings. Thanks grs >Don't fear UDT.OPTIONS, embrace them. Bear in mind that you're not

Re: [U2] DATA Statements

2004-11-12 Thread Timothy Snyder
"Mark Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/12/2004 09:28:03 AM: > I don't dare mess with the UDT.OPTIONS on this system. It was installed > before me, I just do app programming and simplistically concluded that > things were set for MCD as PQN (real) procs work. Don't fear UDT.OPTIONS, embrac

Re: [U2] DATA Statements

2004-11-12 Thread Mark Johnson
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:12 AM Subject: RE: [U2] DATA Statements > There's a UDT.OPTION which determines how DATA statements are processed. > You'll have to look up which it is. I think the mnemonic is something like > PRIMEDATA - Prime and PICK

RE: [U2] DATA Statements

2004-11-12 Thread Ken Wallis
There's a UDT.OPTION which determines how DATA statements are processed. You'll have to look up which it is. I think the mnemonic is something like PRIMEDATA - Prime and PICK behaved differently on this so UniData has an option to control it. Incidentally, there is no such thing as an 'MCD Flavor