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Posted by Steven Alexander | Jan 25, 2009 | Commands |
The SQR Language Reference, which I keep under my pillow, states “[t]his command is equivalent to case/switch in C or Java.” Wrong! The SQR evaluate command is much better than the switch command in C and Java. Don’t be so...
Read MorePosted by Steven Alexander | Jan 18, 2009 | Algorithms, Peoplesoft Specific |
It’s not that hard for a busy Peoplesoft user accidently to run an SQR program, or any other batch process, twice. After we click OK on the Process Scheduler Request page, we return to the Run Control page. Throw in a phone call...
Read MorePosted by Steven Alexander | Jan 11, 2009 | Algorithms |
Sometimes we have a fully qualified filename (drive letter, path, filename, and extension) and we need to parse it. There are a few challenges to this: The same SQR source code needs to work under Windows, Unix, and maybe other...
Read MorePosted by Steven Alexander | Jan 3, 2009 | Commands |
There are many features of SQR that set it apart from other programming languages. 1. Easy, In-Line Integration With SQL The begin-execute, begin-select, and begin-sql commands support any SQL statement, using SQL syntax. The...
Read MorePosted by Steven Alexander | Jan 3, 2009 | Business |
SQR has a lengthy history that resembles those pictures of a small fish being swallowed by a medium sized fish, which is being swallowed by a large fish. SQ Software created SQR in the mid 1980s and D & N Systems marketed...
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