Powerhouse Enhancement - ACCESS, VIA, USING, IF

[Deskin, Bob]

Interesting idea. Can I get a feel from the list as to how often people
modify the PATH procedure? And would something like this reduce that
need? Why else do you write your own PATH procedures?
 
We generate the PATH and FIND based on ACCESS statements (specified or
implied) for the PRIMARY file. The two procedures are tied together. The
generation is fairly basic at this point.
 
Bob

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[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=cognos.com at lists.sowder.com] On
Behalf Of Ken Langendock
	Sent: June 25, 2007 8:33 AM
	To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
	Subject: Powerhouse Enhancement - ACCESS, VIA, USING, IF
	
	
	Here is a new enhancement targeted at reducing the number of
times a programmer has to hard code the PATH procedure.
	 
	FILE Users PRIMARY
	  ACCESS VIA UserId &
	       USING T-UserId &
	          IF T-UserId NE " "
	  ACCESS VIA UserId &
	       USING UserId &
	     REQUEST UserId
	  ACCESS SEQUENTIAL
	 
	 
	This new feature would generate a PATH statement similar to the
following thus removing the requirement of hard coding the PATH every
time we want to "override" the default path because of passed-in values
or re-finding based on a temporary item. etc.
	 
	PROCEDURE PATH
	BEGIN
	  IF T-UserId NE " "
	     THEN LET PATH = 1
	  IF PATH = 0
	     THEN PROMPT T-UserId
	...
	END
	 
	 
	Ken
 
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