RE: Unique identifer for keyed sequence

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can use SQL to create the table entirely and RPG will work fine.

With the IDENTITY column the only thing to keep in mind is you need it to be 
GENERATE ALWAYS.  Since RPG writes the entire record buffer out.

In fact, I just took a previously DDS describe file and replaced it with an SQL 
defined file with an add-on of an IDENTITY column.  Mo modifications to our RPG 
programs were required.

HTH,

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Booth Martin
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> ok,  I hear you.  So,  I can alter the file DDS with SQL, and 
> then RPG, DDS,
> WRKQRY will recognize the new trait? 
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> Is there a downside that I need to be prepared for?
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> Date: 04/27/05 12:47:40
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> Subject: RE: Unique identifer for keyed sequence
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> >how about in DDS?
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> DDS is the Dead Data Specification. Get used to using SQL. You can
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> always ALTER TABLE a DDS table if you need to use DDS as a baseline.
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