Re: Reference files

["Norm Dennis" <wmss@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sherry,
Field Reference files are only a method of defining commonly used fields
within an application.
These files never actually contain data they are used for reference only.

Have a good one,

Norm

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherry McMahon" <smcm@frontiernet.net>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, 3 January 2000 19:27
Subject: Reference files


> Hello everyone,
>
> Thank you for the help with the OMIT option in the SAVLIB command.  It
> helped me greatly and prompted me to order the 'CL Programming for the
IBM'
> book.
>
> I have another situation I've been wondering about and haven't felt
> comfortable with the answers I've gotten when I've asked programmers I
work
> with.  I've rewritten Sys36 programs in RPGIV and converted flat files to
> 400 physical files.  (Once again Scott, thank you thank you thank you for
> your help) As I was doing this I saw other files, already AS/400 PF, had
> reference files.  Everything I could read about reference files told me
they
> were just PFs.  I didn't understand why there were reference files then
> physical files then logical files.  In my conversions (Y2K) I did away
with
> the reference files and made the system consistent with just having the
data
> in the physical files.  Originally some of the data was in physical files
> and some in the reference files.   All anyone could tell me was this was
the
> SYS36 way and the people before me stayed with what they knew.  The fact
> that I don't understand why these files were necessary makes me afraid I
may
> have done some harm by doing away with the reference files, although
> everything is working fine.  As usual the books and online references
aren't
> clear to me.  Could someone give me some insight into this?
>
> Thank you,
> Sherry McMahon
>
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