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moyer1dl
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We are using TSO for regular FOCUS and need to set the programming environment to expand the rows so I can fit discriptions on each field in our data sets. That we can decipher easily what each field is.

Any Suggestions?


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dwf
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I am not sure what you are asking. Can you provide an example?


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Moyer, build a second table , using the key field(s)
and put your description in the second table.
use a JOIN when you need to.
Putting long alpha strings into records in a db just makes the db much wider, much bigger, and slower to read.
use the JOIN only when you need your report to reference those descriptions.
That would be my best advice for you.
-s

your alternative would be to create a new master file description for a new file,
adding the fieldnames for all the descriptors you want to add, dump all the data out of the existing data file and load it in to the new structure , (a REBUILD operation), then create a file of all the descriptors, and add them to the new file (a MODIFY process).

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moyer1dl
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What I mean is I am trying to edit the Master file discriptions. I want to add discriptions to certain fields. The problem is my row length is to short in the editor. I want to keep them on the same line.


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