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On Mar 25, 2:04 pm, Thomas Gagne <tga...@wide-open-west.com> wrote:
> ap...@student.open.ac.uk wrote:
> > On Mar 10, 8:23 pm, Thomas Gagne <tga...@wide-open-west.com> wrote:
>
> >> Why bother with dbrpc*(). Why not just execute the procedure like any
> >> other SQL and handle the result set returned? No special processing needed.
>
> > I did it the way that Sybase Neal recommended. It works for me.
>
> It will likely work, but notice how it adds a new suite of functions to
> your code that are not necessary, and if eliminated could make your code
> simpler. Additionally, what you do using simple strings can be easily
> cut-and-pated into ISQL to test that what your application does works
> independent of the application. A useful option for debugging.

These are very good points. I will bear this in mind for the future.
Perhaps Sybase Neal would care to comment on the pros and cons.

-Andrew Marlow