Re: DDS Support (Re: NT web server access to AS400)

Al,

I always considered the various field/file reference abilities to be a
rather poor substitute for a decent data dictionary. Maintaining data
type/size consistency is probably one of the most basic functions in any
data dictionary tool. Another basic function of such a tool is the
generation of SQL statements for you.

I assume that you already knew this, so you must have something else in
mind. Now I'm curious. Aside from multiple member support, what else do we
get with DDS that can't be done with SQL and a dictionary?

Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 13:53
Subject: DDS Support (Re: NT web server access to AS400)


> At 02:15 PM 06/26/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Has anyone else heard that IBM is dropping (or maybe dropping support is
> >the wrong word) support for DDS. I heard this and found it shocking.
> >Just curious no flames please.
>
> Clearly DDS is no longer strategic to IBM.  They want everybody to go with
> SQL for file definition, which IMHO is brain dead.
>
> SQL does not support all of the features of DDS.  AS/400 databases contain
> many less database design errors than other databases, due to the
existence
> of the RLDREF keyword.
>
> IBM is of the opinion that they want to reduce everything to it's lowest
> common denominator.  To force you to go to SQL, new database functions are
> only being added through SQL.  We are actively looking at extending DDS
> through TAA Tool.  This is not a pre announcement, but something under
> investigation.
>
> Hey IBM, do it the AS/400 way, and you'll get a better product.
>
> Al
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