Re: Mainframers ... according to RW

In fact, (and this may show that I am "wedded" to old habits), this was one 
of
the reasons that I used that technique.  For those familiar with IBM
(historical) stuff, a VSAM file (IBM's "ISAM implementation" - if you use IS
AM
in a generic sense) could be read as an IMS SHISAM database.  At one time (I
hope not currently) switching between the two was something that some shops 
and
some applications did.

--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"LX-i" <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:z57md.2117$aW.780@fe40.usenetserver.com...
> Howard Brazee wrote: 
>
> Yes, but changing from a "file" to a "database" would be greatly facilitat
ed
> by having the READ in one place, as that would be more than a data divisio
n
> change.  :)  (And, one could argue that the change from a file to a databa
se
> would be a "format" change - it definitely changes the format in which it'
s
> stored on the disk!)
>
>
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