Re: DSPFFD utility

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To get keys in the system catalogs, look at SYSCST and SYSKEYCST.

On 8/6/2019 8:32 AM, Mark Murphy wrote:
> Yes, there are several worlds people live in when developing for IBM i.
> Personally, my startup script starts ACS, RDi, and dBeaver. they are all
> running, and using any of those is very easy. In fact, I find myself rarely
> going to a green screen as I can do almost everything I need in dBeaver and
> RDi. Including looking at table columns. Unfortunately the SQL catalog does
> not include key fields defined in a PF or LF, so to look at that, I have to
> use DSPFD. Even ACS doesn't show it. But, now that I look at things again
> in dBeaver, I can indeed find keys defined in a physical file or logical
> file. And it is faster than ACS.
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 9:13 AM Craig Richards <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Rob,
> >
> > Forgive me if I'm misinterpeting your response(s) but if your question is
> > why <would you use these kinds of utilities because you would have to start
> > a 5250 session in order to do that>...
> >
> > then you live in a very different world to me.
> >
> > regards,
> > Craig
> > --
> > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
> > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> > at https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> >
> > Please contact support@xxxxxxxxxxxx for any subscription related
> > questions.
> >
> > Help support midrange.com by shopping at amazon.com with our affiliate
> > link: https://amazon.midrange.com