When Peoplebooks Is Not Enough
Archive for July 2009
I’ve mentioned arrays while writing about other topics. It’s time I write about arrays. Someone could program in SQR for a whole career without ever using them, but that someone would have to work harder to do without these handy data objects. Continue reading ‘Hooray For Arrays.Part(1)’ »
Most people are more in favor of comments than they are in favor of writing comments. Most code doesn’t have enough comments, and the comments it has are often bad comments. Here are seven types of comments, listed from my favorite to my most disliked. Continue reading ‘7 Comments About Comments’ »
The only aspect of an SQR program that must be unique is its file name. The file name may also indicate something about the program within. There are restrictions on SQR program file names in the Peoplesoft environment, but there’s more flexibility than meets the eye. Continue reading ‘SQR Program File Names’ »
It is refreshing to have a new copy of the production database instance in the development database instance. It is also a bit frightening. Was anything important lost in the overwrite? Continue reading ‘Never Fear A Database Refresh Again’ »