Re: Using IFS files -- RPG400-L

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Nelson C. Smith@ncsmith 
>Is it possible to use SQL with IFS files?

No,   Think about it.   SQL is based on(part of the basis of) relational
theory.
A Data Base is a two dimensional array.    Fixed Columns,  Fixed Column
meanings, 
etc, etc,    DB2/400.

The IFS is a PC/Unix/Stream file paradigm.   No Columns,  No Records as we 
know them.   Just a long string of bytes delineated by special
characters(Carriage Returns, etc.)

You read the "File"  Byte by  Byte and say,   "End of Record yet?"  Nope,
Keep Going.

Not really something SQL is toooo good at.

John Carr
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