Re: DB2/400 Rerference file

Reuse of code - or field definitions for that matter, since that is no more
than a minor form of reuse of code - is the basis of  ILE.

is the basis of inheritence and therefore of things like Java.

If an FRF already is to difficult to maintain, don't step into Java
business.

One thing might be important for creating a useable FRF, but that is for any
programming task:
Start with a general naming standardization before beginning with anything.

Some legacy coding may not disrupt the overall logic.

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Van: nina jones <ddi@datadesigninc.com>
Aan: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Datum: zondag 27 september 1998 20:34
Onderwerp: Re: DB2/400 Rerference file


>> I agreed with this up until my first exposures to this on a fairly large
site with many applications, assorted third-party packages, and sites around
two continents.  Their two field reference files had become a mish-mash of
stuff, usually every new application had a new section with all of it's
fields including date fields even though the fields were typical of other
fields already defined.  At first I felt the site was unusual, with unusual
solutions.  But since then, on other sites, it appears to me that the idea
of reference file is good in theory, but just not scalable to large
installations.  Of course I have seen very few installations, so perhaps
other sites have other solutions; perhaps the scaling issue is normally
resolved in ways not clear to me yet.
>
>we started out using them too, until it became unmanagable.  so we quit
using them, except for the limited ones we started with.
>
>i suppose it's ok if your applications are small, but if you have thousands
of fields, over several hundred files,  it is a lot to keep up with.  at
least for my simple brain...
>
>nj
>
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