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

Rob,

Good point. Although that is not so much a deficiency of SQL, as it is a
feature of DB2/400. What else can you think of?

On another note, what harm would come of "stabilizing" DDS at this point,
and focusing their (limited) resources on a single DDL? Presumably, IBM
wouldn't even consider dropping support  for existing DDS features, so you
wouldn't lose any existing functionality.

Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Berendt" <rob@dekko.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 13:47
Subject: Re: DDS Support (Re: NT web server access to AS400)


> The combiniation of a View and an Index that a logical file with select
and keys will give you.
>
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> john.taylor@telusplanet.net on 06/26/2000 05:57:55 PM
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> 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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