RE: Logical Files vs. Physical Keys

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That restriction was only on the S/36 and its predecessors, the S/38 and AS/400
have allowed changing physical file key fields since at least CPF Release 4.1.

Dave Shaw
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boothm@earth.Goddard.edu [mailto:boothm@earth.Goddard.edu]
> 
> It used to be that if you created a  primary file with a key then you 
> could not change the key.  A lot of shops made the decision 
> to never key 
> the physical as they'd been burned too often with the "this 
> field will 
> never change" promise, which is a great deal like "the field 
> will never be 
> any larger than this, we guarantee it" promise.
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