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  3. April 2002

Not keying physical files

As it was explained to me, a keyed physical file would cause all access
paths built over the file to be rebuilt in the event of a hard system crash
or other damage to the physical file's access path.

Therefore we have a policy of only keying physical files that will have low
record counts.

Anyone know if this is correct?

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
The Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@roomstoreeast.com

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I could never figure out why Sears so heavily promoted NOT having your PF's
keyed and depending on the LF's for
your keys...back in the old days...:)
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