RE: Betterment of AS/400 - Query/400

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>One more thing to remember is that the big difference between Query/400 and
>SQL is that SQL can UPDATE files.
>
>Brad


If you allow your users to create output files, and if your security isn't
up to snuff, Query can wipe out data files:   Use Query and create an
outfile with the same format as one of your master files.  Now run another
query using your master file as the outfile.  Yipe!

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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