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Re: DB blocking factor education.
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Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 14:35:39 +0000
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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Denys Beauchemin wrote:

> You do not have wasted space on flat files due to record size.

Sure you do, if you consider "content".  How many times have we made an 72
character wide flat file with only one column of part numbers... say 18
characters wide?  That 54 characters per record of nothing but spaces.

(Of course I'm just mouthing off.  It can be cured with variable width
files or more judicious use of chacter width.)

Tracy Johnson
"Trust No One" - Semper Gumby

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