RE: DDS Support

[Bob Dobrowolski <BobD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I knew a source file is multi-member, but is it really multi-format?  It
doesn't seem to be when I use DBU.

Thanks,
Bob Dobrowolski
Pressman Toy Corp.
http://www.pressmantoy.com
732-545-4000  x115

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of James W. Kilgore
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 2:01 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: DDS Support


Nathan,

You points are well taken, but my discussion is limited in scope to a
database definition tool, not the database itself.

I'm a strong proponent of normalization, but IMHO, normalization, like
RPG, is a tool that has it's place and that place is -not- everywhere.

The use of a flat file was a deliberate design choice.  It's not that
hard to have one physical file, 18 bogus files in order to obtain an
externally defined data structure then do a CHAIN by file name with the
data structure named in the result field to map the fields.

If you want a real word example that may be closer to home, take a look
at the most common multi format flat file on your AS/400, your RPG
source.  I'm willing to bet that if you had to have your source in
multiple normalized PF's it wouldn't be pretty.

"Nathan M. Andelin" wrote:
> 
> Response to James W. Kilgore:
> 
        <<<snip>>>
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