Re: Data Dictionary

And sure enough...it went...

On 1/19/07, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

To the geezers - GO IDDU!!!! And that is not a cheer for Indiana Drop Dead 
University!


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From: "Crispin Bates" <cbates@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> The last time I used a *DTADCT on the iSeries was when working in S/36 mode
> (that was a quick in/out and run gig). It basically allows you to define
> fields for s/36 flat (program described) files so that you can then use
> things like query/dfu etc. to access the data as fields instead of one large
> field. I can't remember well, but you may even be able to use the data
> dictionary to cause the compiler to treat the file as externally described,
> but can't be sure of that.
>
> A *DTADCT, while conceptually similar to, is not the same as a field
> reference file by any means. A *DTADCT causes the system to present the flat
> file as a file with fields.
>
> At least that's my recollection...
>
> Crispin.
>
>
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