Re: Design shift of view

["David Morris" <dmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James,

Maybe you should look into SQL and the SQLDA.  If you don't want to use SQL you 
can always create your own variable interface with RPGIV.

David Morris

>>> "James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@ibm.net> 07/25 7:36 PM >>>

With the introduction of variable length fields we have now (finally) acheived
variable length cards.  But even at that we have a fixed number of variables.
How do we acheive a variable number of variables?

... Stuff cut out.

Have you ever noticed that in the program feedback area is a value for number of
parameters?  Why is that there?  To remind you that you have x number of
parameters, or is it because there can be a variable number?  Well, if we can
pass a variable number of parameters to a program, why couldn't a RDMS pass a
variable number of variables?  If we can have a variable number if variables, we
eliminate the "fixed" unit record (card) mentality of disk storage.  And if the
RDMS can't handle it, how do we "design" it?


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