Re: Data Dictionary

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. It is a Iseries shop, true blue. Old school. I was 
told to do a data dictionary. Now, I did create it, but am not sure what to do 
with it. The PF is not going to relate to it on the REF line.
  A                                      REF(REFFILE)     
  this is for a file.
   
  The dd is not a file.

Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  And sure enough...it went...

On 1/19/07, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

To the geezers - GO IDDU!!!! And that is not a cheer for Indiana Drop Dead 
University!


-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Crispin Bates" 

The last time I used a *DTADCT on the iSeries was when working in S/36 mode
(that was a quick in/out and run gig). It basically allows you to define
fields for s/36 flat (program described) files so that you can then use
things like query/dfu etc. to access the data as fields instead of one large
field. I can't remember well, but you may even be able to use the data
dictionary to cause the compiler to treat the file as externally described,
but can't be sure of that.

A *DTADCT, while conceptually similar to, is not the same as a field
reference file by any means. A *DTADCT causes the system to present the flat
file as a file with fields.

At least that's my recollection...

Crispin.


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