PHD

[Tony Knowles]

Robert,
What is PHDMaint, Architect by another name?
I used to used Architect to maintain my QDD dictionaries, had a lot of
problems going to PDL and version 7, so have gone back to text editing the
dictionary source. Hope to get back to using Architect some day.
I agree that PDL isn't that much different to learn than QDD, a lot more
verbose though.

Tony Knowles

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
> [mailto:owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu]On Behalf Of Robert J.M. Edis
> Sent: Thursday, 19 November 1998 08:03
> To: 'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
> Subject: re: PHD
>
>
> Georgia
>
> The PHDMaint utility is like using Windows whereas PDL is like is DOS
> commands.  People like me have become somewhat lazy by using the 'POW'
> command instead of editing PDL source.  PHD stands for PowerHouse
> Dictionary and instead of a PDC file compiled using PDL it is a set of 5
> files forming the dictionary metadata.  PHDMaint allows one to maintain
> the dictionary interactively rather than recompile for every change.
>
> The 'danger' with interactive dictionary maintenance is that the
> metadata integrity can become corrupted without PowerHouse telling you
> so in an obvious way such as a compile error.  I am working on a
> dictionary at the moment that was originally created in 1987!  When I
> tried to create a temporary working version from a PDL extract file I
> couldn't.  There were too many integrity issues in the PDL source.
>
> These issues manifest themselves in PowerHouse compiled code by
> unexplained and random behavior.
>
> In short, I LOVE using PHDMaint vs PDL but it requires a very
> disciplined approach to maintenance.
>
> Blue
> PowerHouse consultant
> Rhode Island, USA
>
> Disclaimer:
> The opinions and ideas expressed in this message are my own and have no
> relationship to my current employer, Initial Technical Staffing, its
> client CCI, or any of CCI's clients.
>
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