Re: Homegrown CMS and SQLRPG(LE) -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Homegrown CMS and SQLRPG(LE)
From: Adam Glauser <adamglauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:56:43 -0500
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David FOXWELL wrote:

But, given that the field analysis must be made anyway, and if the host receptor structure is impacted by the change the sourc modified, dare I say this : ? Why not systematically specify SELECT *, create the host structure based on an external file and systematically recompile the whole kit and keboodle?

On the other hand, why _would_ you want to do that? Do you see any benefit to using SELECT *, aside from "it's more like how we used to do it"?

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