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  • Subject: Re: CHGPF Question
  • From: PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 21:40:29 -0400
  • In-Reply-To: <c=GB%a=Infonet%p=Tengizchevroil%l=TENGIZCHEV/KZSITE01/00063EF6@kz-tz-hv-msx01.tengizchevroil.com>

>Paul,
>
>Paul E Musselman (PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>>>We use LVCHK(*NO), but always recompile any programs that write or
>>>update the record format.  This is especially important if the new field
>>>is not an alpha.
>>
>>AFIK, since you are already re-compiling programs, you'd be better off
>>declaring LVLCHK(*YES) for all of your files; you'd be no worse off...
>
>Look again. Art is only recompiling the programs that output to the
>file. He's not recompiling the programs that read it for input only. He
>needs to turn off level checking so that these programs won't crash.
>
>Dave Kahn - TCO, Tengiz, Kazakstan


I understand what he's doing.  However, turning off level checking on the
whole file is -dangerous-.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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