Re: RPG - conversion vs re-write

[boothm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Ok, we've had two, maybe three, people say the L-date field is the way to
go.  Any other voices?    

And John, you still haven't said what inaccurate date we should use to
signify a date field that is unfilled yet.  

I am asking this because I really do want to use the L-date field, but I
get hammered everytime I mention it to others.  If performance really is
no longer an issue then that is great, but if reading through an unkeyed
file takes three times as long for every L-date field in it then L-date is
not ready for primetime.  


on 09/08/97 at 11:33 PM, John Carr <74711.77@compuserve.com> said:


And of course you would want to take advantange of Native Date Data Types

that perform Great( <VBG> <LOL> )


John Carr CDP

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