Alan,
Thanks... I'm keeping the "parsed" response in DB2, with the path to the IFS file containing the ZPL (printer) data. I will probably keep that data indefinitely.
The only reason to retain the ZPL data is if someone needs to "reprint" a label. That should only ever occur on the same day. So maybe saving it in DB2 is overkill? I really just wanted to see if I could it.
Thanks! At least I know I'm on the right track.
Greg
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Hi Greg
In my opinion, its going to be dependent on the reason you are storing the data
Any web service call we make, we save the request and response down in the ifs, just in case we need the data for investigation reasons
We have a separate file that holds the path of the request and the path of the response, keyed by the order number, the type of web service call, the timestamp of the request etc.
However, if this data needs to be used multiple times in its life, I would go with holding it in DB2 for easier access
Alan Shore
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] IFS text file versus CLOB field
Seeking opinions on which of these methods is most "efficient" in the use of space category...
I am storing about 33K of ZPL data in a text file on the IFS.
I am also storing the same ZPL data in a DB2 table (along with a few other character and numeric fields).
The field is defined as ZPLII CLOB(65535) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
Just wondering if I'm better off retaining this data on the IFS or DB2.
We will likely purge the ZPL data after 30 days.
TIA
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