PH and text files

[Robert Edis]

Darren

I think you read my eamils differently than what I was
saying.  I said that if the record feidls are NOT
defined in a dictionary you MUST use INDEX() in order
to parse the fields.

Someone else already provided a good example of that.

Blue

--- Darren Reely <darren.reely@latticesemi.com> wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> You've suggested twice that Powerhouse can parse a
> delimited file 
> without the use of INDEX(). How about a real example
> for the list?
> 
> As far as I know, Powerhouse cannot do this with
> that complex and 
> redundent code you mention.
> 
> Darren
> 
> 
> Robert Edis wrote:
> > The issue (at least on OpenVMS) is not whether the
> > file is fixed or variable length but the fact that
> > unless the record fields are defined in a PH
> > Dictionary Quiz won't know how to parse the record
> > into its components.  The developer would have to
> > write complex and redundent code in Quiz to parse
> out
> > the separate fields unless the metadata is defined
> in
> > a dictionary.
> 
> 
>  > BUT, PH still cannot parse a delimited text file
> (or
>  > XML file) unless it's metadata is first defined
> in a
>  > dictionary or you write the code using INDEX()
>  > functions on the program.
>