Re: VMS x86-64 database server

On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 08:45:13 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 7/7/2025 8:26 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

>
On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 19:28:37 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

>
... dynamic string manipulation is rarely used for database access. It
is a code smell.

 
I posted examples some years ago in this group about how useful they
are. Want to revisit those?

 
You were also told how it should have been done in Python and how it
would be done in Cobol.

Except the alternative Python versions didn’t actually work.

I can’t decide whether there is actually widespread fear about the
possibilities of dynamically-generated SQL, or just a lack of imagination.