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<TITLE>DBGEN Release Notes</TITLE>
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<h1>Release notes for DBGEN and QGEN</h1>
<hr>
These notes are taken from the History file which is distributed with the TPC-D soft appendix.<p>
<UL>
<li><A NAME="20000511">Changes as of 5/11/00</A><ul>
<li> versions: TPCH 1.3.0, TPCR 1.3.0
<li> Corrected update range rollover after 1000 update segements
<li> Corrected problem in permute.c causing invalid substitutions in Q16
</ul>
<li><A NAME="19991011">Changes as of 10/11/99</A><ul>
<li> versions: TPCH 1.2.0a, TPCR 1.1.0a
<li> Corrected range setting of segmented updates that was causing extra file to be generated
<li>Porting corrections for DigUnix
</ul>
<li><A NAME="990830">Changes as of 08/30/99</A><ul>
<li> versions: TPCH 1.2.0, TPCR 1.1.0
<li> reduced parameter substitution range for Q18
<li> added new option to specify location of dists file (-b)
<li> added DBGEN option to suppress all output (-q)
</ul>
<li><A NAME="990816">Changes as of 08/16/99</A><ul>
<li> versions: TPCH 1.1.0a, TPCR 1.0.1e
<li> prevent "reuse" of original data in update files
<li> correction to lint target in makefile.suite
<li> removal of vestigal l_partkey predicate from 21.sql
<li> reorder lineitem/order join in q5
<li> removal of table aliases from 2.sql
<li> randomize seeding of qgen RNG to close bug 52
<li> correct possible round off error in segmented update files
<li> corrected soft copy answer set for Q22
<li> corrected percision of answer set for Q19
</ul>
<li><a name="990708">Changes as of 07/08/99</a><ul>
<li>versions: TPCH 1.1.0, TPCR 1.0.1
<li>WORKLOAD must be set to either TPCH or TPCR in the makefile
<li>unneeded reference to part table removed from q21 template
</ul>
<li><A NAME="101">Changes as of 06/04/99</A><ul>
<li> version 1.0.1d
<li> Restarted version numbering to match specification revisions for
TPC-H and TPC-R
<li> Corrected answer set for for Q13
<li> Corrected parameter substitutions for Q16, Q17, Q19, Q20, Q21, Q22
<li> Corrected RNG initialization in qgen.c
<li> added adhoc.c adhoc.h to code base to support randomized data sets;
currently disabled
<li> replaced calls to UnifInt() row_stop with call to NthElement()
<li> Corrected a problem that caused small negative money values to
print as a positive value
<li> Simplification of PR_xxx macros
<li> QGEN building correct parameter logs again
</ul>
</ul>
<p>
<B>
******************<br>
* NOTE NOTE NOTE *<br>
******************<br>
Below this line the file refers to TPC-D which was retired in favor of
TPC-H and TPC-R. Since the new speicifications are numbered from 1.0.0
the program version was reset.<br>
******************<br>
* NOTE NOTE NOTE *<br>
******************<br>
</B>
<p>
<ul>
<li><A NAME="201old">Changes as of 01/05/99<ul>
<li> version 2.0.1
<li> added 1999 to the copyright notice
<li> corrected C++ compilation problem
<li> sub-select phrasing corrected in Q4, Q21, Q22
<li> added support for segmenting update files (contributed by Larry Kemp, HP)
</ul>
<li><A NAME="200old">Changes as of 12/08/98</A><ul>
<li> version 2.0.0
<li> Removed permute.h from clean target in makefile.suite
</ul>
<li><A NAME="2008old">Changes as of 11/17/98</A><ul>
<li> version 2.0.0 Alpha 8
<li> corrected o_custkey overrun bug
<li> removed upper bound on -C command option
<li> added static permute.h to distribution to match the specification
</ul>
<li><A NAME="2007old">Changes as of 10/23/98</A><ul>
<li> version 2.0.0 Alpha 7
<li> removed references to DSS_SEED and SEED_TAG
<li> minor query template cleanup
<li> V2 answer sets added
<li> correction to hd_sparse for SF > 300
<li> added static declaration to row types in gen_tbl to fix update problem
<li> permuted params to Q22
</ul>
<li><a name="2006">Changes as of 5/20/98</a><ul>
<li>version 2.0.0 Alpha6b
<li>removed trailing apostrophe from dists.dss nouns for Tandem loader
<li>corrected mk_sparse() problem with alpha6
<li>added 64b support for NCR/Metaware
<li>corrected generation of parent/child tables in parallel
<li>renamed ORDER table to ORDERS table
<li>revision of DBGEN synced with revision of 2.0 specification
<li>portability changes to process termination provided by John Matzka
<li>portability changes for Watcom C provided by Andrew Eisenberg
<li>standardized query template format
<li>queries now include a consistant header format
</ul>
<li>Changes as of 4/28/98<ul>
<li>version 2.0.0 Alpha5
<li>NO RELEASE OF ALPHA 5 ; skipped to sync spec/DBGEN revision levels</ul>
<li><a name="2004">Changes as of 7 April 98</a><ul>
<li>version 2.0.0 Alpha4
<li>Query template corrections for Q9, Q12, Q15a, Q22
<li>Parallel generation of parent/child tables fixed
<li>Minor corrections to dists.dss
<li>Portability changes for HPUX
</ul>
<li><a name="2003">Changes as of 3/24/98</a><ul>
<li>version 2.0.0 Alpha3
<li>include substitution parameters for Q22
<li>correct substitution parameters for Q16 under AIX
<li>include permute.h until unix/NT makefile fix
<li>correct orderkey generation
</ul>
<li><a name="2002">Changes as of 3/20/98</a><ul>
<li> version 2.0.0 Alpha2
<li> correct runtime malloc error from bad INIT_HUGE macro
<li> improve pseudo text distribution in comments
<li> fix problem with parallelism of data gen
<li> re-enable generation of parent/child tables
<li> remove recombinaton code for parallel flat files
</ul>
<li><A NAME="2001old">Changes as of 3/11/98</A><UL>
<li> version 2.0.0 Alpha1
<li> removed the TIME table
<li> removed the need for seed files
<li> made 1GB the validation database size
<li> add pseudo text support in comments
<li> correct character selection in a_rnd()
<li> correct population of P_NAME
<li> removed unclaimed variants
<li> added new queries 18-22, replaced Q13
</ul><li><A NAME="131old">Changes as of 2/6/98</A><UL>
<li> version 1.3.1
<li> Revised 64 bit support to clean up bcd2_bin()and mk_sparse()
<li> Add 64b support for NT
</ul><li>Changes as of 12/31/97<ul>
<li> version 1.3.0
<li> support for seed generation > 1TB (data gen still to be tested)
<li> rework of 64b support
<li> added bcd support for subtraction, comparison, modulo
<li> added 1998 to the copyright notice
<li> clarified comments in dists.dss
<li> corrected substitution problem in Q11
<li> standardized fopen() error messages with OPEN_CHECK()
<li> introduced PATH_SEP in config.h to allow changes in path separators
</ul><li>Changes as of 12/15/96<ul>
<li> version 1.2.0
<li> corrected typos in queries 8a, 8c, 8d, 11a, 12F and 14F, 17a
<li> added variant 15c
<li> defined MAX_SCALE and MIN_SCALE; issued error messages for SF >& 1000
since implementation is incomplete
<li> seed file generation can now be resumed with dbgen -R < n > ...
<li> corrected slight compile bug under Solaris 2.5.1
<li> documented compile problems under SunOS
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 8/1/96</a><ul>
<li> version 1.1.0D
<li> included new variants for queries 8 and 15
<li> re-introduced answer sets in the source tree
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 5/1/96</a><ul>
<li> version 1.1.0C
<li> unified version numbering of DBGEN and QGEN
<li> updated BUGS list
<li> removed FAQ from soft appendix; web site will keep the current
version of the FAQ
<li> added 1996 to the copyright notice
<li> corrected bug in PR_DATE macro; NO CHANGE TO DATA SET
<li> properly initialize param values for cleaner logging
<li> adjusted output format of Q11 partam to allow scaling to 1TB
<li> corrected typos in variant 14c
<li> corrected data type for YEAR in variant 8c
<li> corrected typos in variant 10a
<li> added variant 8d
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 1/23/96</a><ul>
<li> qgen version 1.1.0B
<li> include support for ANSI semantics
<li> improved patch for seed sensetivity
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 1/23/96</a><ul>
<li> updated BUGS list
<li> dbgen version 1.1.0A
<li> patch to limit BCD2 fields to 12 characters for columnar output
<li> qgen version 1.1.0A
<li> patch to fix the "unknown flag" problem
<li> patch to fix the seed sensetivity problem
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 12/19/95</a><ul>
<li> updated BUGS list
<li> dbgen version 1.1.0
<li> upped default value of MAX_CHILDREN to 1000
<li> corrected naming of detail tables in incremental load
<li> corrected range delete output
<li> forced delete files to truncate existing files
<li> removed fixed size tables from seed generation
<li> corrected overflow problem with large scale seed generation
<li> allow date generation as MM-DD-YY based on config.h #define
<li> correct truncation problem with columnar output in PR_VSTR()
<li> added support for Windows NT
<li> added PLATFORM macro to makefile, removed platform defines from
config.h
<li> removed MAX_CHILDREN define from config.h (set to 1000 in dss.h)
<li> qgen version 1.1.0
<li> correct SET_OUTPUT macro to TDAT
<li> use %ld in output for q17; portability
<li> add support for SQLSERVER database dialect
<li> add support for SYBASE database dialect
<li> adjust parameter ranges for Q1, Q3, Q6
<li> add -T/-t option to usage summary
<li> added support for Windows NT
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 09/01/95</a><ul>
<li> qgen version 1.0.1
<li> formalized version numbering
<li> -p now generates correct query permutations
<li> added separate verion number for qgen
<li> corrected Q3 substitution problem
<li> updated permissible range for Q10
<li> corrected rowcount_dflt and the MAX row indicator (-1)
<li> expanded param logging to include all possible parameters
<li> allowed qgen's -d option to be used at all scale factors
<li> made parameter substitution permutation-independent
<li> added qgen suppport for END_TRAN (-E) and DFLT_NUM (-N)
<li> correct handling of :n directive
<li> added more complete explanation of QGEN to README
<li> rename of random to rndm, for portability
<li> dbgen version 1.0.1
<li> formalized version numbering
<li> inclusion of SF=1 seed file
<li> correct typo in usage() update example
<li> patch to driver.c to allow correct updates
<li> documentation change to README to clarify seed/stage/update
intereaction
<li> corrected minor glitch in "open failed" error msg in print.c
<li> added missing line continuation to makefile.suite
<li> seed files are now based on scale factor and number of generators
<li> seed files now hold seeds for one "step" of a given build
<li> clean up of parallel load routines
<li> inclusion of faster seed generation routines from Susanne Englert
<li> removed the -E(xisting) option
<li> assure proper scaling of O_CUSTKEY
<li> corrected default update percentage
<li> proper handling of child tables with '-O f'
<li> removed seed files from the distribution
<li> modified rpb_routine() to limit contribution of partkey in
retailprice
<li> added '-S(tep)' option to allow multi-stage loads
<li> roll in of 32 bit speed_seed routines from Dick Shelton
<li> miscelaneous typo corrections in the documentation
<li> cleanup of usage output
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 05/08/95</a><ul>
<li> version 1.0
<li> add Teradata defines to tpcd.h for QGEN
<li> add :c to query templates for database CONNECT syntax
<li> add examples of DBGEN and QGEN usage to README
<li> add -T option to qgen to allow time table usage
<li> query template names only requre .sql suffix, rest is arbitrary
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 03/13/95</a><ul>
<li> version 9.1
<li> surround DBNAME with ifndef in config.h
<li> remove -DDBNAME from makefile.suite
<li> sync varchar handling with 9.1 draft
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 02/21/95</a><ul>
<li> version 9.0a
<li> fixed bug in qgen that incorrectly included rnd.h
<li> included revised DDL with Changes for char/varchar and l_quantity
<li> updated DBGEN help message to include new single table options for
order/lineitem and part/partsupp
<li> included handling for multi-set seed files TPCDSEED.xxx
<li> generated seeds up through 400GB; headed to 1TB!
<li> ANSI lint cleanup; more needed
<li> UF2 now defaults to key lists; use "-O r" to generate key ranges
also note, this routine this routine does NOT use the BCD2_*
routines. As a result, it WILL fail if the keys being deleted
exceed 32 bits. Since this would require ~660 update iterations,
this seems an acceptable oversight
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 01/19/95</a><ul>
<li> version 9.0
<li> allowed command line seeding of RNG for QGEN
<li> order and number of params in QGEN now matches
presentation in spec
<li> fixed bug in time table format of O_ORDERDATE
<li> changed l_QUANTITY to FLOAT in dss.ddl
<li> reworked QGEN options to be more useful
<li> allowed creation of sparse keys beyond 32 bits (for 1TB)
<li> removed unused '#ifdef' and associated code
<li> allowed independent generation of master/detail tables
(eg, order/lineitem)
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 12/06/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.6
<li> fixed renaming of flat files for child tables
<li> various documentation fixes
<li> added naming convention section to Porting.Notes
<li> added -DIBM flag to config.h
<li> synced up QGEN with draft 8.1
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 10/25/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.5a
<li> corrected bug in columnar output of pr_supp
<li> added pr_drange to generate a list of order keys to be
deleted instead of generating SQL
<li> added '-O d' to generate range delete as SQL
<li> updated default values for QGEN to sync with spec 8.1
<li> corrected MK_SPARSE to reflect groups of 8
<li> corrected a bug in o_orderstatus
<li> regenerated seed files for SF in [1,10]
<li> ANSI cleanup (primarily function declarations)
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 10/11/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.5
<li> remove deletes/inserts to other than order/lineitem
<li> increased cardinality for part.type part.container
<li> '-r' argument is now integer; percentage in basis points
<li> initial roll-in of new update scheme
<li> added BBB comments to supplier table
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 9/27/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.4
<li> all money calculations now use integer math. This should
bring everyone's data sets into exact aggreement.
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 9/21/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.3b
<li> fixed handling of MAX_STREAM
<li> added floor function to RPRICE bridge
<li> misc lint cleanup (type fixes, new prototypes, etc.)
<li> MONEY format becomes lf for DOS
<li> further cleanup of PR_VSTR and its length argument
<li> change to parameter generation for Q6 to allow for float
discount
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 9/15/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.3a
<li> isolated MONEY format for Unisys (Lf) using DOS
<li> make sure all arguments to MAKE_MONEY were double's
<li> rolled in NEW_PTEXT to allow Berni to experiment
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 9/12/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.3
<li> added -T n and -T r to usage to match getopt() and README
<li> changed PR_MONEY to remove leading blanks
<li> included revised DDL from Berni
<li> included some MVS portability fixes in re malloc.h
<li> cleaned up error messages in qgen and made #define ofp usage
universal
<li> additional DOS portability changes
<li> added {c,a}len to provide specific length for columnar
output of varchar
<li> added PR_VSTR to handle varchar printing under MVS
<li> fixed bit masking in a_rnd and cleaned up prototype match
with V_STR
<li> PR_MONEY now used %Lf
<li> added revised pseudo text under NEW_PTEXT ifdef for
experiments
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 9/09/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.2
<li> l_discount and l_tax are now fractional (per teleconference)
<li> money calculations moved to scaled integer math to clean up
answer sets
<li> changed PR_FLT() to PR_MONEY to clarify usage
<li> portability changes for SYBASE: dbname <li>> db_name
STATUS <li>> DBGEN_STATUS
<li> added nations2 to dists.dss to handle qgen needs for now
<li> reintroduced #ifndef DOS
<li> reintroduced U2200 define to control kill_load()
<li> broke out nation and region separately in -T option
<li> updated dss.ddl based on mail from Berni
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 8/31/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.1
<li> scaling for clerks needed to be 1000 (was 100)
<li> added qgen parameter for scale
<li> changed qgen parameter from s)tream to p)ermutation
<li> synced qgen paramter values with 8.0 spec
<li> corrected duplications in dists.dss
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 8/24/94</a><ul>
<li> version 8.0
<li> added sparse keys to lineitem/order
<li> added varchar generation for comments/addresses
<li> added variable lineitems/orders
<li> removed ifdef for normalized code_tables
<li> included code for parameter generation and template->EQT
routines
<li> updated README and Porting.Notes to reflect QGEN
<li> included DDL and RI examples from Berni
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 6/15/94</a><ul>
<li> version 7.0b (numbers now match spec revsion)
<li> rework of code tables to properly map nation/region; when
compiled with -DCODE_TABLES distributions are taken from
code.dss and two additional fields are generated for
customers and suppliers, [cs]_ncode and [cs]_rcode,
immediately following [cs]_region
<li> replaced ifdef's around DEAD_DATA with opposites. DEAD_DATA
is now the default
<li> worked through code to see that it conformed to 7.0
specification
<li> adjusted scale factors/rowcounts for 1 GB == sf1
<li> brought help message in line with current code
<li> fixed order per customer at 10
<li> make suppkey scalable in lineitem/partsupp
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 4/25/94</a><ul>
<li> version 1.5
<li> added the customers with no orders; Compile with -DDEAD_DATA
to activate the change.
<li> added the code table for nation and region;
Compile with -DCODE_TABLES to activate the change.
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 3/17/94</a><ul>
<li> version 1.41
<li> completed implementation of JULIAN_DAY after talks with Berni
<li> misc cleanup in usage/README files
<li> removed all tabs and capped line length at 75
<li> added -n option to allowing naming of inline-loaded database
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 3/16/94</a><ul>
<li> version 1.4
<li> prottyped julian day/month for query re-write work. Compile
with -DJULIAN_DAY to enable
<li> removed gen_times() from driver.c
<li> added VMS ifdef to config.h to clean up fork/signal issues
<li> added ICL ifdef to config.h to clean up getopt() issues
<li> changed header file references to config.h from machine.h
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 3/2/94</a><ul>
<li> version 1.31
<li> corrected format of C_NAME to match S_NAME and O_CLERK
<li> re-allowed fractional scale factors < 1 (updates not
contiguous)
<li> added DSS_CONFIG environemnt variable
<li> reworked read_dist() to look for DSS_DIST in DSS_CONFIG
<li> updated the README file
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 2/16/94</a><ul>
<li> version 1.3
<li> added command line options for parallel load and data set
expansion
<li> changed dists.dss delimiter to | for portability
<li> limited scale factors to integer values
<li> added command line option for seed file generation
<li> added all seed files to distribution for SFs 1 - 10
<li> moved machine.h to config.h and added MAX_CHILDREN define
<li> added 'f' flag to options to allow renaming of output files
<li> added generation of SQL delete statements to match updates
(Note: updates are still single-threaded; -C is cleared
by -U)
<li> corrected field sizing in dsstypes.h typedefs to match v 6.4
<li> update percentage default set to 1%
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 12/3/93</a><ul>
<li> version 1.2
<li> added command line option to adjust update percentage
<li> fixed update gneration for proper primary key ordering
<li> renamed UUSR/PRC to RUSSIA/CHINA in dists.dss
<li> cleaned up phone number generation to be consistant regard-
less of order of evaluation
<li> adjusted size of lineitem comment to bring data in line with
100 MB == SF=1
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 10/15/93</a><ul>
<li> added command line option for update data creation
<li> miscelaneous porting and cleanup changes
<li> reworked table generation to allow reuse for updates
<li> added comment field to tdefs structure
<li> added load_state and store_state to sync data gen and
update gen
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 7/26/93</a><ul>
<li> combined loader and header stubs in load_stubs.c
<li> separated Revision History (this file) from README
<li> simplified makefile
<li> removed redundancies from colors distribution
<li> added getopt() for portability
<li> created Porting.Notes
<li> adjusted scaling rules
<li> added help option to the command line
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 2/26/93</a><ul>
<li> combined all typedefs in one header: dsstypes.h
<li> combined flat file generation in print.ec
<li> combined typedef population in build.ec
<li> added -P to control rowcnt scaling (P for percentage)
<li> added -D option for Direct data generation and added
appropriate hooks in tdefs[] structure
<li> added -F option for flat file generation
<li> reused -T option (use -P 0.1 to build test size database)
now accepts suboptions c,o,p,s for single table builds.
<li> dropped -M option (scaling is now by rowcount)
<li> added -O option for optional controls. Currently defined:
-O t <li> generate optional time table a join fields in
order/lineitem
-O h <li> generate headers for flat file output
-O m <li> generate fixed column-length output
<li> removed dynamic memory allocation, redundant calls to
UnifInt, etc to improve performance
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 1/12/92</a><ul>
<li> julian() changed to handle orders -> orderdate correctly
<li> rflag distributions corrected in dists.dss
<li> sea, gold removed from color distribution to clean up substring
problems
<li> part-> number and supplier-> adjusted for 1-based indexing
<li> time-> day changed to be day of month, not day of year
<li> t.week changed to be week in year, not day of week
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 11/18/92</a><ul>
<li> checked line length and tab for transmission
<li> another chapter in the portability wars. added #include
"machine.h" to dss.h (which is included by everyone else). Any
machine particular porting changes should go here.
<li> fixed fixed-field formats to prevent double printing
<li> expanded PR_FLT formats to %010.2
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 10/21/92</a><ul>
<li> added fixed format and column header handling; users of headers
will have to define the header functions to be called in
int (*tdefs.header)()
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 10/09/92:</a><ul>
<li> added ansi prototypes and recompiled with gcc -ansi. users may
need to change the CC definition in the makefile and the contents
of CFLAGS to reflect their particular ansi compiler.
<li> replaced all int references with long
<li> replaced all float references with double
<li> found and fixed odate/julian problem TS mentioned in 10/09 phone
call
</ul><li><a name="xxx">Changes as of 9/09/92:</a><ul>
<li> Park/Miller random number generator included
<li> clerk scaling changed to 100 * scale
<li> parts.name always built from 5 selections from colors set
<li> test scaling changed to ~60MB (TEST_SCALING == 10)
<li> logarithmic scaling removed
<li> mfgcost removed and retail/supplier cost bounds adjusted
<li> agg_str memory leak fixed
<li> independent RNG streams on a per column basis
</ul>
</ul>
This is the revised data generator for DSS.
The rewrite tried to accomplish three things:
<ol>
<li>identify and isolate
all the implicit assumptions about limits, bounds, ranges, distributions, etc.;
<li>standardize the way any given table was generated/
printed to ease understanding and maintenance;
<li>bring the generator
in line with the current work of the committee and the excellent spec
the Indira put together;
<li> provide an easy way to adjust distributions, string contents and to facilitate experimentation to get a
better idea of the impact of data population changes.
</ol><p>
The files included are:<p>
<dl>
<dt>driver.c
<dd>main and the calling routines for the generator
<dt>dist.c
<dd>should really be named dss_util.c; misc routines
<dt>customer.c <dd> generation and print routines for customer table
<dt>orders.c <dd> "" "" order table
<dt>parts.c <dd> "" "" parts/partsupp
<dt>suppliers.c <dd> "" "" suppliers table
<dt>time.c <dd> "" "" time table
<dt>customer.h <dd> associate header files; contain structure
definitions
<dt>dss.h <dd>dss.h holds the large number of assumptions and
<dt>orders.h <dd>values that have been used as IFDEFs.
<dt>parts.h <dd>
<dt>suppliers.h<dd>
<dt>time.h <dd>
<dt>dists.dss <dd> string selections and weights; used to build
distributions
</dl>
<p>
Running make will create an executable (using the compiler flags in
CFLAGS, the ld flags in LDFLAGS and the libraries in LIBS [-O, -s,
and -lm by default]) which will create flat files suitable for dbload.
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