Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:

[Michel Adam]

It has warmed up here as well. A whole two degrees, all the way to -39...

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/trends_table/pages/yzf_metric_e.html

But the windchill is going the other way,  -51

Michel Adam
Yellowknife

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Bob Deskin <Bob.Deskin at ca.ibm.com> wrote:

> If they were trying to suppress auto initialization for the whole file,
> NOITEMS would be better, but I can see using ITEM statements to suppress
> just a few.
>
> Winter hit Wednesday (about 8 inches of snow) but it's going up to 6 C on
> Tuesday. And then back down to -8 on Wednesday. Tis the season :-)
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> From:
> "Penney, John" <resolutebay at yahoo.com>
> To:
> Bob Deskin/Ottawa/IBM at IBMCA
> Cc:
> power-l <powerh-l at lists.sowder.com>
> Date:
> 12/11/2009 11:56 AM
>  Subject:
> RE: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:
>
>
>
>
> Thanks, Bob:
>
> Well, it is a PRIMARY file and I see this sloppy ITEM statement used for a
> whack of table variables.
>
> The context and usage consists purely of an ITEM statement with no value,
> no other program references.
>
> FWIW Dictionary states ZONED UNSIGNED size 4; Rdb Integer size 2....
>
> How are things in ON?
>
> John M Penney
> 1532 Fern Street SW
> Olympia, WA  98502
>
> (360)789-8159
>
>
> --- On Fri, 12/11/09, Bob Deskin <Bob.Deskin at ca.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> From: Bob Deskin <Bob.Deskin at ca.ibm.com>
> Subject: RE: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:
> To: "Pickering, John (NORBORD)" <John.Pickering at norbord.com>
> Cc: "Penney, John" <resolutebay at yahoo.com>,
> powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=ca.ibm.com at lists.sowder.com, "power-l"
> <powerh-l at lists.sowder.com>
> Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 10:43 AM
>
> That would certainly be the net effect. QUICK always initializes to
> default values first, regardless of anything else, but I can't remember
> whether you'd get dictionary initial values as well.
>
> The context and usage of the item should tell you why the ITEM statement
> was there.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> From:
> "Pickering, John (NORBORD)" <John.Pickering at norbord.com>
> To:
> "Penney, John" <resolutebay at yahoo.com>, "power-l"
> <powerh-l at lists.sowder.com>
> Date:
> 12/11/2009 11:07 AM
> Subject:
> RE: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:
> Sent by:
> powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=ca.ibm.com at lists.sowder.com
>
>
>
> <WAG>
> Maybe this is used to cancel the automatic item initialization that
> Qdesign would generate for items in secondary and detail files which have
> the same names as items in the primary file?
> </WAG>
>
> Regards,
> JWP
>
>
> From: powerh-l-bounces+john.pickering=norbord.com at lists.sowder.com [
> mailto:powerh-l-bounces+john.pickering <powerh-l-bounces%2Bjohn.pickering>
> =norbord.com at lists.sowder.com] On
> Behalf Of Penney, John
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 10:53 AM
> To: power-l
> Subject: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:
>
>
> OK, folks:
>
> It's been a long week, but I came across this construct in a relatively
> mature (13+ years of age) Quick screen:
>
> Item LAST_THERAPY_SEQ_NBR of PARTICIPANTS
>
> Note there is no value or variable assigned, just the "ITEM" and that is
> that.
>
> Curious. I think I know the answer, but can anybody splain what the system
>
> will assign?
>
> More of a qquestion is why anybody would write code like this.... Nother
> story.
>
> Thanks!
>
> John M Penney
> 1532 Fern Street SW
> Olympia, WA  98502
>
> (360)789-8159
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