On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:34:02 -0500, John McKown wrote: >I got curious about how many possible different values could exist in a >dataset "node". A node can be 1 to 8 characters long. The first character >must be A-Z @#$ or 29 characters. Subsequent characters are those 29 plus >digits 0-9 and a dash (the dash was a surprise to me). Unless I goofed up, >that means that a single node can have a bit over 4.8 trillion unique >values. > >Did I do something wrong? This seems way too large a number. > Dash is weird. It's accepted in DSN=... but a syntax error in DCB=... (Used to be. I can't find it documented. Has it been fixed?)
Is there any reason for that, or even any explanation other than Conway's Law? Lots more, of course, with DISABLE(DSNCHECK). -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
