RE: Justa note of thanks

Excellent article Jon (I have a large collection of Jon & Susan tomes), but
I was inquiring more about Barbara's comment about routinely using the
Varying keyword.

I notice in many (or most?) PC languages they seem to routinely use VarChar
types everywhere.  Do you think that is something we should do in RPG on all
but the smallest of fields (flags, indicators, or code fields) on a more
routine basis.  I think we have traditionally thought of using Varying only
on big text descriptions fields, and such.  But there must be millions of
files out there with 30 char name and address lines and that sort of thing.
Making these variable length would have probably saved a few disk drives
over the years.  Do you find yourself using Varying on more of these types
of fields "just for the sake of it"?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Paris [SMTP:Jon.Paris@Partner400.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 6:38 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Justa note of thanks
>
>  >> is that something we should begin doing routinely?
>
> If you check this wee article
> (http://www.eservercomputing.com/iseries/articles/index.asp?id=146)
> Nelson,
> you'll see why I love VARYING fields.  There are many many uses for them,
> but don't just use them for the sake of it - use them where they make
> sense.
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
>
>
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