OP did ask how to explain the difference, right? I read more in that question than you did. It certainly seemed more open-ended to me.

Hope we're all touching the same elephant, and I certainly hope we are not holding any part of it to our disadvantage.

;)

Vern

Dennis Lovelady wrote:
Dennis

Seems to me that if there IS a difference in some behavior, that it is
not true that it "...makes no difference to ... the system ..." as you
said below. An example IS when data is validated - and IBM do make some
noise about how important this is - especially as it prevents the input
of things like decimal-data errors into the files/tables/mesas. Things
like multiple-member capability vs. only-one-member can be significant
in usage.

My whole point was around what to call this thing, not in the technical
differences. That is how I perceived the original question. It's a table.
It's also a file. In that light, I stand by what I said.

Dennis Lovelady
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