Re: DB2/400 database (was Logical File or OPNQRYF or any other way ?)

Nice find, Steve. Here're a couple more:

IBM's iSeries DB2 site at http://www.iseries.ibm.com/db2

An article from Summer of 1999 by Paul Conte in DB2 magazine 
http://www.db2mag.com/db_area/archives/1999/q2/99sp_conte.shtml

HTH
Vern
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> 
> Dave - 
> 
> Definitions may differ, but _my_ definition of a "Flat" file is one that has 
> no external field definitions. A "Flat" file can be created easily by using 
> CRTPF with a record length specified instead of a DDS source member. 
> 
> In a given AS/400 - iSeries - i5 system, depending on the file structures 
> and their relationships, I would be more inclined to call a given DB2/400 
> file a "non-relational" file rather than a "Flat" file... 
> 
> And, as others have mentioned, it is possible to build a non-relational 
> database in any SQL database... 
> 
> IMO, 
> A "Flat" file doesn't have external field definitions other than one large 
> field that contains all of the data. 
> 
> When using "Flat" files in programs, you generally use program-described 
> files with F & I specs in RPG or FD's in copy books for COBOL to describe 
> the fields in the file. 
> 
> As most of us know IBM midrangers know (or _should_ know), 
> the System/38 was born of what was originally known as the 
> "Future System" project within IBM's mainframe division. 
> 
> The "Future System" project began _before_ Dr. Codd first proposed 
> his relational database rules in 1970, and when Rochester got hold 
> of it the System/38 developers put more functionality (usability-wise) 
> into the "no-name" System/38 database than existed in any commercial 
> IBM mainframe database at the time (circa 1978). 
> 
> I'd like to see a one of the IBM database guys weigh in here to 
> address the 12 design points of Codd's model and how DB2/400 
> measures up, particularly in light of this quote from an IBM DB2 
> document. 
> 
> From 
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/0301jones/0301jone
>  
> s.html 
> 
> 
> 
> A brief history of DB2 
> 
> A series of research projects have been a steady source of technology for 
> the DB2 family since the beginning: 
> 
> The System R project resulted in the first IBM implementation of the 
> relational model. A project called ARIES delivered row-level locking 
> technology used throughout the database industry today. 
> 
> Cost-based query optimization has been an area of intense effort and 
> innovation ever since the System R days. The R Star project extended the 
> relational model to distributed system environments. 
> 
> The Starburst project focused on making the relational model extensible to 
> handle new forms of information and new kinds of optimization strategies. 
> 
> The Garlic project brought an emphasis on data federation, allowing data in 
> diverse systems, not just DB2 systems, to be managed together. 
> 
> Most recently, a technical preview based on DB2 has demonstrated the 
> integration of information from Web services and the use of XQuery as an 
> additional and powerful query language for managing XML content. 
> 
> The first implementation of relational technologies from the initial System 
> R project was the database integrated into the System/38 server in 1980. 
> 
> In 1982, the SQL/DSTM product was delivered on the mainframe operating 
> systems VM and VSE, also based on System R. 
> 
> DB2, formally called DATABASE 2, was born in 1983 on MVSTM. 
> 
> The database manager in OS/2® Extended Edition in 1987 was the first 
> relational database on distributed systems. 
> 
> SQL/400® for the new AS/400® server emerged in 1988. 
> 
> New DB2 editions were delivered on AIX® (1993), HP-UX and Solaris (1994), 
> Windows® (1995), and Linux (1999). 
> 
> 
> 
> In addition, read Wayne O. Evans account of the System/38 project here: 
> http://www.woevans.com/CPFDesign.pdf 
> 
> Regards, 
> Steve Landess 
> Austin, Texas 
> (512) 423-0935 
> 
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> Subject: Logical File or OPNQRYF or anyother way ? - Legacy iSeriesFlat 
> Files 
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