Re: Create a *LF over a specific *PF member

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Alan,

You speak the gospel.

Any reason not to use multiple members sounds great by me.  There's one 
more to add to my list.

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




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Re: Create a *LF over a specific *PF member






After a couple of re-compiles of LFs and before I started
using embedded compile logic executed by a pre-compile, I
decided to always try to design files to use a key fields
rather than member names. Members are just too tempting
sometimes, I use them regularly still, especially for
just-in-case daily/weekly/regular downloads of flat files,
but it has made a difference.

- Alan



----- Original Message -----
From: "Buck" <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


| There will come a time when you want to re-create this LF,
and someone WILL
| simply take PDM option 14 and then your application won't
quite be the same.
| You'll spend a good long time trying to figure out what
happened, and THEN
| remember the funky LF.  Not what I'd call a Good Day.
|   --buck


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