Re: Move an entire record format as a whole

[John Carr <74711.77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>> Yes, the ability to read into a data structure would be good. Much more
>>  important to me that CF... :)
>> I guess fundamentally, it would work like the program described files do
>> today, but also allow the ability (maybe in phase 2) to read into the DS
>> without using the Input spec area. That is it would allow use to define
our
>> Input data with D specs. Of course I wouldn't expect, nor would I want,
you
>> to implement all that RPG cycle stuff from the Input specs in the D-spec
>> implementation.

>>Bob Cozzi www.rpgiv.com
<

I agree Bob.   One of the benefits(few people know I guess) is that
reading/chaining with result field
D/S,   the whole record image comes in a single move - whump.   (first saw
this on an internal IBM performance article back in 84-85 on sys/38 - also
this my FIRST ! exposure to Ext. Defined D/S's )  

For example,   My 3rd party package's (God bless them <BG>)  product master
has 700 ! fields with
3000+ record length.   OS/400 has to do 700 individual moves from buffer to
RPG buffer(Right Hans/Bob?).   This Read/Write thru a D/S,   if implemented
correctly should only be one move????  

BTW how does OS/400 parse it out when doing this to a program described
file (in the program) which 
really has discreet fields in the DB ?

My earlier post I said the other benefit would be from doing a WRITE to a
externally defined file
thru a D/S  (maybe with different names, prefixes, etc)  without having to
do moves into the REAL
field names. 

John Carr  




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