Re: DDS Support

["James W. Kilgore" <eMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

It's multi format not like a multi format logical, but in respect that
based upon the contents of position 6 of the SRCDTA field, you must
determine which, of many, fixed formats would be appropriate to map the
remaining data.  That's why I called it a multi format flat file.

And even given that, some specs (like "I" and "O") have different
pertinent contents and validation rules based upon the presence or
absence of one of the variables.

Bob Dobrowolski wrote:
> 
> I knew a source file is multi-member, but is it really multi-format?  It
> doesn't seem to be when I use DBU.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of James W. Kilgore
> 
> <<snip>>
> 
> 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.
>
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