Re: Service Program Signatures and Change Management

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/16/2006 12:03:47 PM:

> On 2/16/06, Fleming, Greg (ED) <GFLEMING@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is anyone out there using change management software and controlling
> > service program signatures by using binder source ?
> >
> > As far as I can tell from previous discussions I've had on this list
> > (whose moderator happens to work for MKS, who sells the Implementer
> > product we use for change management), Implementer will automatically
> > recompile all objects related to my service program when I promote it.
> >
> 
> All the programs and service programs that call into a service
> program?  or all the modules that the service program is created from?
>  or both?
> 
> I know that Turnover does not know where a procedure is used so when a
> service program is promoted Turnover does not recreate all the
> programs that call into that service program.

Actually, TurnOver does have a full cross reference down to the procedure 
level and has for years.  It is not used in determining what to recompile 
however.  Like apparently Implementer does it, we take the safe approach. 
If you are promoting a changed service program we will want to re-bind 
every program and service program that uses it.  That being said, we do 
provide UI you can use where we will show you a list of what we want to 
recompile and let you specify what you want and do not want.  So if you 
really want to be selective, you can be.  I suspect it would take most 
people longer to specify what they wanted then it would have taken their 
system to rebind those objects.  Of course there are exceptions.  I know 
we have some customers that have a couple of common service programs that 
are used by hundreds, if not thousands of other objects.  In those cases, 
you can just not run the automatic cross reference and be done with it.

Mark


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