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I'd highly recommend not using (the default) ADD ALL COLUMNS.

For SQL use, KEYS ONLY is all you need.

For an SQL index you intend to use with RPG, explicitly list the columns
you need; even if that's all the currently existing columns.

If at some point you add another column to the table, the RPG program using
an SQL index (or DDS logical) with an explicit list of columns will not
need to be recompiled.

Don't worry about creating multiple indexes/LF with the same keys but
different columns, the access path will be shared so other than a few bytes
for the object definition, there's no additional disk or
maintenance overhead.

Charles


On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:38 AM Greg Wilburn <
gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

OK... that's what I tried with the "Manage Schemas" in ACS. But my index
(LF) only had the two key fields available.

I see from your article: "RCDFMT myFile ADD ALL COLUMNS"

Is that why? I've never seen that before. But I think I found the
options in ACS.

Now my issue is that I don't have the time to learn and experiment with
DDL (which is often the case). I have to get this done and move on.

I can see why moving away from DDS has taken so long.


-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Birgitta Hauser
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 1:09 PM
To: 'RPG programming on IBM i' <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: SQL Equivalent of CRTLF

If you want a keyed access with native I/O you need to create an index!
BTW SQL Indexes can not be specified in an SQL Statement, but they can be
used in composition with native I/O like any keyed DDS described logical
file.
You may read the following article:
SQL indexes and native I/O - no contradiction

https://developer.ibm.com/technologies/systems/articles/i-sql-indexs-and-nat
ive-io/
<https://developer.ibm.com/technologies/systems/articles/i-sql-indexs-and-native-io/>

... and SQL is much more powerful and much easier than DDS
... and DDS is stabilized and outdated

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser


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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Greg
Wilburn
Sent: Freitag, 16. Oktober 2020 16:47
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: SQL Equivalent of CRTLF

I've been using SQL I programs and to create views for quite some time.
I'm
trying to force myself away from DDS.

So I created a new table with SQL... now I need to create a subset of that
table by way of a logical file (I want to use RPG Native access in my
program), which can also be updated.

Is there a simple way to create a view of my table that contains all
columns
"where" one of the columns is blank?

My current take on DDL versus DDS is that DDS is much, much easier and
faster to use.
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