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  3. December 2003

Re: changing keys of a physical file

SQL scares me, not because of the things it can do, nor because I don't understand it fully, but because it's so undisciplined.

With DDS, you have the source code, it's compiled, approved, promoted, and distributed.

With SQL, unless you're -very- disciplined (and use RUNSQLSTM (which you then archive)), it's all too easy to STRSQL, do some stuff, and exit. And your work is not documented, not approved, and, most importantly, not repeatable.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




Rob wrote (in part):

However, if the goal is to keep the same key, but add other keys then you
may wish to use SQL to create indexes.  If you are SQL phobic you can
always create logical file DDS from scratch and use that to create your
indexes.

Rob Berendt

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