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  3. July 2019

Re: Expanding a field in a file or adding a new field to the file

I think I would go with this - especially if you have change management software such as Implementer, Turnover, Aldon, or Midrange Dynamics or -- there are some others.

Those will take care of the dependencies and pull any affected programs into the build.

HTH
Vern

On 7/31/2019 8:10 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
I think either/or would work. Since you plan on recompiling all programs anyway.

I guess I would expand the existing column. Why waste the space in the table by leaving the old column in there and add a new column? I've worked with a major ERP package which expanded many of their columns. Even columns like the key to the item master.

You could make the new column variable length and use the ALLOCATE to accommodate the "usual" size. This way if you change the size again (encryption, etc) you are covered.

Rob Berendt


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