Quick in batch mode

[Latimer, Richard]

My understanding is that DQ's are a bit smarter than VMS mailboxes
(don't know about the others !) 

DQ's are defined in the PH dictionary and are 'proper' files with fields
etc and can be written and read to normally.

The thing that  sets them apart from normal DB files is that they are
self deleting - the act of reading each record in them (with Quick, Quiz
or QTP) deletes it with no other programming overhead.

cheers
Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Pickering, John (NORBORD) [mailto:PICKERIJ@norbord.com] 
Sent: Friday, 10 October 2003 4:44 a.m.
To: 'David Morrison - Corporate '; 'Jeff Hoffman ';
'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu '
Subject: RE: Quick in batch mode


David writes ... 

>We've even used data queues
>(unique to the AS/400, I think)
>in never-ending batched QUICK programs,
>that wait for input from other programs,
>with good success.

Unique to the AS/400?

Sounds like vms mailboxes, mpe msg files and unix pipes to me :-)

Regards,
JWP
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