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  • Subject: Re: Database File Attributes
  • From: DAsmussen@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 19:15:44 -0400 (EDT)

Jim,

In a message dated 97-08-29 17:22:34 EDT, you write:

> What are the benefits of re-using deleted records, and what are the
>  downsides.  (I guess the main benefits are space related...)  

Benefits include decreased DASD utilization (you were right).  Downsides
include slower response time, although newer systems CAN make this effect
negligible.

>  Does it eliminate the need to reorganize?  

ONLY if your writes outnumber your deletes.

>  In what situations shouldn't it be used?

If you have a data warehousing-type application where a HUGE file receives a
HUGE number of deleted records on a regular basis, DON'T use it.  "Filling in
the holes" can be as slow as Juris' desire to fill in holes using a 3GL
application.  If you delete a large number of records at one time, RGZPFM is
still your best bet...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
(Between Raleigh and Research Triangle Park)
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear." -- Frank Tyger
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