I vote no. The UV/UD query language is fundamentally designed to work against one file with correlatives/I-types pointing to any other tables from which we require related data. This is something at the core of our environment. The problem here is, shall we say, problematic database design.
In this age of nearly unlimited data storage capabilities why not just create one big happy file? Sure, use a bajillion indexes and if you are on Universe even make it a multi part file if you want, but why would you split data you want to report on via the query language into separate files? Now granted, poor Ed probably inherited this turkey and now just wants to live with it. I'd suggest (ducks to avoid the lightning bolt that is come from the sky) an SQL query since UD has that option . This isn't SQL, we don't do joins. Joins are evil and smell bad. :) David Wolverton wrote: > Question for everyone then: Should IBM invent a method to extend the Query > languages of UniData/UniVerse to do this 'Temporal File' - a "Cross Data > File" SELECT/LIST/SORT? > [snip] > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Schasny - Denver, Co, USA jschasnyATgmailDOTcom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
