Re: SQL source

Thanks, Birgitta!  I still use the green screen for a lot of things because it's very fast, and DSPFD is one of those things - as an example, it's a very fast way to tell me whether a file is journaled and where.  As I told Rob, what I can do now is just look for the "SQL file type" and if it has a value, then I know the object was created via SQL.  At that point, I'll use one of the more modern techniques to get the creation data.

Thanks again!


On 8/11/2020 2:07 PM, Birgitta Hauser wrote:

If you want to get the Creation Statement for ANY database object (table, view, index, trigger, user defined function ....), either open ACS Schemas, Open your schema, position on you database object, right click an then GENERATE SQL or use the SQL Stored Procedure GENERATE_SQL.

DSPFD is an (old DDS) and not SQL technique.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser


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Subject: SQL source

I learned something today. If you create a logical file using CREATE VIEW, then DSPFD shows the SQL statement used to create that view. If, though, you create a logical using CREATE INDEX, DSPFD does *not* show the statement. It's a little quirk that caught me because I couldn't find the source for an index.