RE: Design for backup in mind Was: Backup strategy

["Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>   FWiW: The journaled changes are the data.  The attribute of identity
> value at each insert is not row data, and the value is not separately
> recorded/tracked neither in its own entry nor as part of the row entry.
 
Sorry, I can't really buy that. What you're saying is it's ok that there is no 
way to "restore" a file to a point in time using the native save/restore 
methods in i5/OS. Issuing an alter-table isn't a valid part of a save/restore 
process, IMHO. This is clearly a DCR candidate.
 
-Walden
 
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