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		<title>Evaluate Two Values At Once In SQR</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2010/01/evaluate-two-values-at-once-in-sqr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I wrote about the similarity and superiority of the SQR evaluate command compared to the C or Java switch command in SQR Evaluate Versus C/Java Switch, part 1 and part 2. Here is another way to extend evaluate functionality.

Evaluate Two Values
Evaluate takes one value and compares it to one or more other values.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SQR Versus Application Engine</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/11/sqr-versus-application-engine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the relationship between SQR and Application Engine?  Is one better or are they complementary?  They are both frameworks for batch processing in the Peoplesoft environment.  As such, they must have overlapping functionality.  Like Star Trek and Star Wars, they each have fans and detractors, with not always rational reasons for their preferences.

History Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-Use Peopletools Run Control Objects</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/11/re-use-peopletools-run-control-objects/</link>
		<comments>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/11/re-use-peopletools-run-control-objects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peoplesoftsqr.com/?p=532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peoplesoft HCM (HR, BA, PR, and TL) comes with at least 1300 run control records, yet my organization has added 2% more over the past ten years.  We&#8217;re not running out of table space or disk space, but we probably did more work than we needed; creating new records, tables, and pages.  For that matter, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batch User Interfaces</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/11/batch-user-interfaces/</link>
		<comments>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/11/batch-user-interfaces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peoplesoftsqr.com/?p=520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even batch programs have user interfaces.  They start with actual or implied inputs (run control parameters in Peoplesoft).  They end with actual or implied outputs (reports, log files, Process Monitor messages).  We shouldn&#8217;t take these elements of program design for granted, even in the simplest programs.

Implied Inputs
Sometimes, what our users don’t say is more important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simplify</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/10/simplify/</link>
		<comments>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/10/simplify/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I paid tribute to Elements of Style.  The lesson from that book that impressed me most was to simplify my prose; minimize adjectives and adverbs; replace clichéd phrases with single words; avoid passive voice and inverted sentences; be terse and direct.  I recommend the same for programming.

Don&#8217;t Follow Just Any Example
People [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elements of SQR Style</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/09/elements-of-sqr-style/</link>
		<comments>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/09/elements-of-sqr-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elements of Style is the famous book by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White.  First written in 1918, it is a guide to writing well in American English.  Anything good about the prose on this blog should be credited to Strunk &#38; White.  The flaws must be ascribed to me.  This week&#8217;s blog entry is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SQR Variable Roles</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/09/sqr-variable-roles/</link>
		<comments>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/09/sqr-variable-roles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>administrator</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peoplesoftsqr.com/?p=474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written about variables several times (notably in Bottom #Ten Worst Variable Names  and SQR Without Literals), but a recent entry on a new blog gave me a new way to think about them.

Psychology of Programming
Mats Stafseng Einarsen writes a blog called &#8220;Psychology of Programming&#8221; to explore &#8220;the part human brains play in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 SQR Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/08/4-sqr-resolutions/</link>
		<comments>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/08/4-sqr-resolutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>administrator</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not New Year&#8217;s Eve, but I have some resolutions to use more of the rich features of SQR to write programs that are richly featured themselves.

More Color
My internal customers are so used to monochrome, monofont reports that they&#8217;ve never thought to ask me for color.  Most of my reports output to PDF files in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Comments About Comments</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/07/7-comments-about-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/07/7-comments-about-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people are more in favor of comments than they are in favor of writing comments.  Most code doesn&#8217;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.
1. File Headers
I like to write file headers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SQR Program File Names</title>
		<link>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/07/sqr-program-file-names/</link>
		<comments>http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/07/sqr-program-file-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s more flexibility than meets the eye.
Naming Conventions
Peoplesoft includes SQR program files with names like PER099.SQR [...]]]></description>
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