Re: Join & Update

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Updateable joins would make my life *SO*  much simpler.  I have one file
on my system (thank goodness it is only one) that uses a dual format.
Unfortunately,
this is our AR file and is used in something like 1/4 of our programs.  All the
other files have been converted to DDS no problem.  But, this one is the 
problem.

For this one we are still internally describing it, our only other option is to
break it
into two files then go through every single program and change them to use one,
the other, or both files.  Something we just haven't had the time to invest 
into.

An Updateable join would work perfectly, and we wouldn't have to do this.
We could just break it up into two files (which we already have created, by the
way, but can't really use) and then do an Updateable join logical on them, and
all our
programs would still work as written, and then we could change the programs to
use externally described files.

This limitation, to me, has always been the one major drawback to logical joins,
and is the only reason we would want to use one anyway.

Anomalies, smomalies, as long as it works <g>

Regards,

Jim Langston

"R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." wrote:

> Not a dumb question, but a join operation is not updatable, period. This has
> always been a "future objective" of database, but don't hold your breath.
>
> The reason to design to third normal form is to prevent update anomolies.
> The reason to use joins is to put the data in 2nd normal form for usage.
> Thus, the join form re-introduces update anomolies to the process, hence, no
> update.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sethuraman <sethu@bc.sympatico.ca>
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:09 AM
> Subject: Join & Update
>
> >Hi Folks:
> >
> >A join logical file cannot be used for Update.
> >
> >What about SQL?  If a view (with joins) is created using SQL, can this view
> be
> >declared
> >as an "Update"? Or is this a dumb question?
> >
>
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