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  3. January 2010

Re: Tables and PFs

It's because you're anal-retentive. <g>

There are a number of differences, but, to me, the biggie is this: on a
table, data validation is done on writes, while on a PF data validation is
done on reads. This means you cannot get bad data into a packed field in a
table.


On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:52 AM, David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Is there a simple way to explain the difference between a table and a
physical file a part from one is created by SQL and the other with DDS?
Should it bug me when a coworker says table but means a PF? It does and I'm
not sure why.

Thanks.
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