Re: Logical Files vs. Physical Keys

[John Hall <jhall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Um its been my experience that this holds true whether you have a key on
the PF or not.

You can still access the file in arrival sequence.  

John Hall



"Reger, Bill" wrote:
> 
> One reason you might want to consider leaving your PF's unkeyed, is that it
> is really easy to see newly added records by displaying the records at the
> end of the physical file.  This is assuming of course that you are not
> reusing deleted record space for new records.
> 
> This method allows the PF to be used when accessing a file in arrival
> sequence, while you can use the LF's for random (by key) access - the best
> of both worlds.
> 
> I wasn't going to reply to this thread because I figured many replies would
> note this, but no one has!
> 
> William K. Reger
> Senior Project Manager
> Levitz Furniture Corporation
> Phone:  (561) 994-5114
> E-mail:  breger@levitz.com <mailto:breger@levitz.com>
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