Re "Newbies" & multi-platform coding

Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:47:03 -0400

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AMEN to that one.  If at all possible, put user code in the postupdate or
preupdate procedures and leave the update procedure to PowerHouse.

-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Werry [mailto:guy.werry@hbms.ca]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:27 AM
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Subject: Re "Newbies" & multi-platform coding

Reading the comments that have been directed to Marvin, the one below perked
up my "DANGER" reactions.  Allison's comments about the order of PUTs for
IMAGE is good, but I think it bears saying that default procedures in
general and especially the UPDATE procedures should not be manually coded
unless it's completely unavoidable.  I've always felt that that's one of
Powerhouse's great features is that I can add a new file to a screen,
butcher the data in it like crazy and then have the updating done for me.
Thanks,
	Guy.
	> 2. Is the Cognos program designed differently based on different
O/S? 
	[BE>] AFAIK yes. Cognos tried to optimise the use of the good
features of each O/S. However since version 8.2n Cognos has moved towards a
common source for PowerHouse on all O/S's it's available on.
	[Hamilton, Allison] I think that your question is more about whether
the code that you would write would be designed differently on different
O/S's and I'd say in general no. There are a few issues with the order of
PUT's that IMAGE requires that is different, but PowerHouse itself deals
with that if you are using default code generation for update procedures.
Excluding the few machine specific features on each platform, the general
PowerHouse code is platform independent.

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>AMEN to that one.&nbsp; If at all possible, put user =
code in the postupdate or preupdate procedures and leave the update =
procedure to PowerHouse.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Guy Werry [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:guy.werry@hbms.ca">mailto:guy.werry@hbms.ca</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:27 AM</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re &quot;Newbies&quot; &amp; multi-platform =
coding</FONT>
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Reading the comments that have been directed to =
Marvin, the one below perked
 up my &quot;DANGER&quot; reactions.&nbsp; Allison's =
comments about the order of PUTs for
 IMAGE is good, but I think it bears saying that =
default procedures in
 general and especially the UPDATE procedures should =
not be manually coded
 unless it's completely unavoidable.&nbsp; I've =
always felt that that's one of
 Powerhouse's great features is that I can add a new =
file to a screen,
 butcher the data in it like crazy and then have the =
updating done for me.
 Thanks,
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Guy.
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt; 2. =
Is the Cognos program designed differently based on different
 O/S? 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [BE&gt;] =
AFAIK yes. Cognos tried to optimise the use of the good
 features of each O/S. However since version 8.2n =
Cognos has moved towards a
 common source for PowerHouse on all O/S's it's =
available on.
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Hamilton, Allison] I think that your question is more about =
whether
 the code that you would write would be designed =
differently on different
 O/S's and I'd say in general no. There are a few =
issues with the order of
 PUT's that IMAGE requires that is different, but =
PowerHouse itself deals
 with that if you are using default code generation =
for update procedures.
 Excluding the few machine specific features on each =
platform, the general
 PowerHouse code is platform independent.

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