Re: how to make a key on a view?

[Gqcy <gmufasa01@xxxxxxxxx>]

facepalm....



On 1/30/2014 4:43 PM, Hoteltravelfundotcom wrote:
> here is the official info on this file. Note that in the DDS it is has a
> TYPE of TXT, yet, on an Library level view, it has an attribute of PF.
>
>
>
> File  . . . . . .
> QDDSSRC
>
>    Library . . . .     PROJ_MKWN1           Position to  . . . .
> .
>
>
>
> Type options, press
> Enter.
>
>   2=Edit         3=Copy  4=Delete 5=Display       6=Print
> 7=Rename
>
>   8=Display description  9=Save  13=Change text  14=Compile  15=Create
> module...
>
>
>
>
> Opt  Member      Type        Text
>
>
>       DATAWHS_PT  LF          Part #
> logical
>
>       DTAWHS      TXT         Create Table - SQL
> Statement
>
>       SADTAW1F    PF          SA OutPut-Name/Add/Address (Ted
> File)
>
>       SADTAW1FX   PF          SA OutPut-Name/Add/Address (Ted
> File)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>      CMKWNDTW    *PGM      CLLE                   90112  Clear and Add to
> DTAW
>
>      MKWNDTW     *PGM      RPGLE                 487424  SA Detail File
> Build
>
>      CSUBINV4    *PGM      CLLE                  102400  SA Ext Rpt: Inv&
> Mis
>
>      SUBINV3     *PGM      RPGLE                1200128  Make Inv Dates
> One-Ye
>
>      DATA_WHSV3  *FILE     LF
>          65536
>
> *    DTAWHS      *FILE     PF
> 1210241024                        *
>
>      DTAWHST     *FILE     PF
> 53248
>
>      QCLSRC      *FILE     PF                    118784  CL Source
> File
>
>      QDDSSRC     *FILE     PF                    106496  DDS Source
> File
>
>      QRPGLESRC   *FILE     PF                    405504  RPGLE Source
> File
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Vernon Hamberg<vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > A little more - there is no such thing as an index on an object (stream
> > file, actually) in the IFS.
> >
> > A possible exception to that statement is if you use Omnifind, which can
> > take the contents of a stream file and make it searchable just as in
> > Google.
> >
> > That is a no-charge product on IBM i in more current releases, and there
> > are ways to use it in SQL.
> >
> > Vern
> >
> > On 1/30/2014 12:28 PM, Hoteltravelfundotcom wrote:
> > > the file is created on the i
> > > as a 'txt' not PF.
> > >
> > > I need to have some index on it,
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Vernon Hamberg<
> > vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> > > > Actually it is not DB2 that has this restriction = it is the SQL
> > > > standard that does not allow CREATE INDEX over a view. And I'm not sure
> > > > if CREATE INDEX can be done over a PF that does not have DDS source -
> > > > CRTPF with RCDLEN only.
> > > >
> > > > HTF.COM - when you say 'txt', are you speaking of a text file in the
> > IFS
> > > > or of a file member of type TXT - that'd have to be a source file, I
> > think.
> > > > You can't do anything directly with SQL views or LFs over IFS files - as
> > > > Gary says, you create a DDS file - and I'll add, CREATE TABLE in SQL can
> > > > do the same.
> > > >
> > > > I have to say, I think the terms you are using are mixed up - so please
> > > > clarify whether IFS or source files or whatever you are looking at.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Vern
> > > >
> > > > On 1/30/2014 11:49 AM, Gary Thompson wrote:
> > > > > DB2 does not provide a way to "index" a view.
> > > > > You could copy/convert the .txt file to a dds file that is keyed.