On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Mark Bixby wrote:

> Rick Clark writes:
> >
> > but I just read about the SDUTIL in the March HP3000 ADVISOR. Anyone using
> > this utility
> > out there? And if yes, does it really make a difference in 'file
> > resiliency'?

Dear Mark:

What does the "file resiliency" mean?

I have Business Report Writer. I use SDUTIL when I change the structures
of our TurboImage data bases = very rarely. The Business Report Writes is
unable to use the System Dictionary, therefore I have to complete the
process by extracting the SD to a Report Dictionary.


It is cumbersome, is not it? The QueryCalc uses a simpler method to extact
the database structures.

We have Transact/V, but we do not use it because we got it too late, when
we had written the user interface in Pascal/V. Transact uses SD to handle
the form files, too.

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