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complexity

Hi,

Why do you make things so complex and hard to understand even to read.

Things like :

/* query example */

DEFINE QUERY myQuery FOR EACH customer WHERE cust-num > 100 NO-LOCK.

OPEN QUERY myQuery.

GET FIRST myQuery.
IF AVAILABLE customer THEN
   DISPLAY customer.cust-name.
DO WHILE NOT QUERY-OFF_END(myQuery) :
  GET NEXT myQuery.
  DISPLAY
END.

/* more comple query example */
DEFINE QUERY myQuery FOR EACH customer WHERE cust-num > 100, EACH order OF customer WHERE order.delivery-date > TODAY ORDER-BY order.delivery-date.


/* simple table and straightforward reading */

FOR EACH customer WHERE cust-num > 50:
   DISPLAY customer.cust-name.
END.

/* more complex table reading */

FOR EACH customer WHERE cust-num > 50, EACH order OF customer WHERE order.status > 100 :
   DISPLAY customer.cust-name order.
   FOR EACH orderline OF order, FIRST item OF orderline :
      DISPLAY oderline.item-number  item.description.
   END.
END.

This is much easier to read and understand, don't you think.

Why make things so unreadable. Hope i will be heard.

Regards.

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  • Bob Y

    I am the author of the mostly same comment placed in (your) blog discussing about LINQ technology and principles.

    I still wait for feedback on my remarks ;)

    regards

  • Peter Giffin

    Errr, you sure about comment on my blog I am not sure I see it. Do you have an URL

  • briartoys

    Where did you get this text from

  • Christiawan

    Anyway :-) I find that (D)Linq has more readable format. Perhaps it is just me.

  • Raul Serrano

    Anyway :)

    My code examples are taken (more or less) from our current application framework, that is Progress v9.

    Which has made everything easy to design database oriented software design.

    I still wonder why there is no such elements in .Net for eg.

    Regards
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