Re: cannot recompile

one quick question. Following the steps you have taken you say that you
re-create the PF. What does that mean? Then you try to compile. When you
compile a PF it creates the it.  What are you actually doing in that step?

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Staebler <Linda_Rick_Staebler@email.msn.com>
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: cannot recompile


>You probably have logical file(s) over the physical file. dspdbr SECTIONS
>will tell you what they are. delete the logicals then try again. you might
>want to consider using chgpf with the source member for the physical file.
>with some restrictions this will prevent having to copy your data as a
>compile deletes the data.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mohammad khan <mohammadakhan@yahoo.com>
>To: RPG400-L@midrange.com <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
>Date: Saturday, January 30, 1999 6:30 PM
>Subject: cannot recompile
>
>
>>
>>when i try & recompile a
>>pf it says:
>>
>>Cannot delete file or member
>>of file SECTIONS in MAK.
>>
>>Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF3219       Severity . . . . . . . :   40
>>
>>Message type . . . . . :   Escape
>>
>>Date sent  . . . . . . :   01/30/99      Time sent  . . . . . . :
>>18:30:06
>>
>>
>>Message . . . . :   Cannot delete file or member of file SECTIONS in
>>MAK.
>>Cause . . . . . :   If a member was referred to, the member name is
>>*N. If
>>  this is a delete operation, file SECTIONS in library MAK or a member
>>of file
>>  SECTIONS was not deleted because logical files or logical file
>>members are
>>  based on either the file or the member.  If this is a restore
>>operation, a
>>  problem occurred preventing a successful restore of file SECTIONS in
>>library
>>  MAK. This problem occurred after the restore operation had already
>>created
>>  the file in preparation for the load of the file's data from media.
>>The
>>  restore operation was not able to delete this unsuccessfully
>>restored file
>>  because logical files or logical file members are based on either
>>the file
>>  or the member.
>>
>>Recovery  . . . :   Use the display data base relations (DSPDBR)
>>command to identify the files and members based on file SECTIONS in
>>library MAK. Delete
>>the dependent files or members, and then delete file SECTIONS.
>>
>>
>>
>>now, i deleted my LF's and re-created
>>this sections pf, changed the source
>>in my rpg pgm. to not point to sections,
>>and i STILL get this message, what's wrong?
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>Mohammad
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