"George Gallen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/11/2005 02:01:52 PM:
> Also, I don't use the OCONV() method with corelatives, I use the > VAR=RAISE(TRANS(filename,itemname,-1,'x')), which is pretty self > commenting, of course, that requires you to know what the TRANS() > keyword does. I'm still trying to see how this is superior to a READ, which is entirely self-documenting and efficient, and doesn't require you to know about how TRANS behaves. I suspect that most programmers would have to look at the documentation or a help screen to know why you're doing a RAISE, and what the -1 and the 'x' are all about. Maybe I'm wrong about that. A line that starts out "VAR=" doesn't immediately say to me, "here's where we're doing some I/O". If I'm searching a program for I/O statements, I'm not generally looking for something like this. There's also the overhead of doing the RAISE, which is only there to counteract the behavior of the TRANS. On small records this wouldn't be significant, but if you're processing many large records, it could make a difference. I'm not trying to be difficult here - I'm just trying to see the benefits of this alternative to a straightforward and standard approach. Tim Snyder Consulting I/T Specialist , U2 Professional Services North American Lab Services DB2 Information Management, IBM Software Group 717-545-6403 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
