[Info-vax] Teaching, was: Re: Any stronger versions of the LMF planned ?

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

On Friday, August 13, 2021 at 7:53:50 PM UTC+12, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
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> Den 2021-08-13 kl. 04:00, skrev Lawrence D’Oliveiro: 
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>> I don’t see any that deal with LIKE clauses, though, for example.
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> I do not see why a LIKE could not take a paramater.

Do you understand what kind of parameters it needs to take?

> But on the other hand, in real business applications, I do not think that
> the use of LIKE SQL clause in particular is that common. It has some
> performance implications.

That seems to be the COBOL answer, isn’t it? Redefine “business” needs to exclude the stuff it can’t cope with. Good luck with that.

>> How do you cope with that? Or in your world, do you just run away screaming?
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> Childish comment.

Well, that’s two ways you’ve answered that question ...