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Agreed. It's just semantics. Table and file are interchangeable just as row and record are. My boss, who does a heck of a lot more SQL on PC apps than I do on IBM i apps, and I often talk about the systems and he will say, "Row," and I will says, "Record." Neither of us have a problem understanding the other.
In formal documentation I try to use the term "table," but will frequently in conversation use "file." Either way, it's a database object.
There are more important things to get bugged about.
Jerry C. Adams
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Lovelady
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:05 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Tables and PFs
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.
The difference between a table and a physical file is the same as the
difference between a thing and an object.
Well, that is unless the table you're referring to is the thing that holds
your supper. There is a difference there, I hope. :)
I'm not sure why it bothers you either. But I am sure that it shouldn't.
:)
Dennis Lovelady
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