Re: CHGPF Question

At 07:26 AM 9/18/97 +0600, you wrote:
>Kirk Goins (kgoins@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>
>>Just saw John Sears last week at the local Users Group Meeting.
>>This same basic question as asked. If I remember correctly from
>>John's talk, you should be able to add fields without recompiles
>>and level check problems.
>
>Kirk,
>
>Ask for your money back. :-)
>
>Dave Kahn - TCO, Tengiz, Kazakstan

Agreed. John Sears is great, but this question is too broad for a simple answer. Truth is, it depends. Like, where do you put the new fields, in the middle or the end? Should be at the end, but we don't always do as we should, do I? Then you might not have to recompile dependent programs. If in the middle, you'll definitely need to recompile.

What if you change attributes of a field? Then you'll need to recompile.

Had John enough time to think about it, I don't think he'd have answered as he did. Or else he's too far away from some of this stuff now. All speculation on my part :-)

Cheers


Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
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