Re: Using LIKE to define records in 4GL

>jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com (Jack Parker) nattered on and on about: > >>> Are there other difficulties I should be aware of? Fourgen uses this >>> construct heavily in their program generator. > >>The biggest problem, with it is in a maintenance situation. >>Here check it out. > > > > And then Mike Lemon went on and on about: > >Very true, but it usually is just a case of a recompile. This is >obviously a problem in a mission-critical situation where it requires >scheduling some downtime to roll out the updates to the programs. >But, if the column(s) added are essential to the application anyway, >how are you helping yourself? They need the new program to process [SNIP] I have seen this discussed before, with most of the "Top Guns" coming out and saying things like "Heresy, heresy", and "Burn her anyway!" :) But in general, I'm inclined to agree with Mike on this one - if you are going to make a modification to the database, you generally want to incorporate it anyway. IMHO. :-) -- Cheers, Billy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- billy.wheeler@pixie.co.za +27 11 803 2151 p.o. box 3463, rivonia, rsa, 2128 +27 83 250 2324 i'm schizophrenic: my opinions are not those of me -----------------------------------------------------------------------------