RE: Re[2]: LVLCHK *NO

So what?  Get it done.  If I change the size of the Item# in the 
item master file and it is the first field it'll raise heck with 
the rest of the system anyways.





Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk on 10/01/99 10:59:47 AM
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What if that change involves 200/300 programs or even more?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: pcunnane@learningco.com [mailto:pcunnane@learningco.com]
>Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 7:17 PM
>To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
>Subject: Re[2]: LVLCHK *NO
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>     In my last job, which was in a software house, LVLCHK(*NO) was 
>     strictly verboten.  If a file had to be changed - even to tack a 
>     single field on the end - all relevant programs were 
>tracked down and 
>     recompiled.  All such programs then became part of the fix to be 
>     delivered.
>     
>     ____________
>     Paul Cunnane
>     The Learning Company
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>Subject: RE: LVLCHK *NO
>Author:  Colin Williams <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk> at InterNet
>Date:    01-10-99 12:10 pm
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>
>But what happens in the case where a programmer makes a change to a 
>file, eg adding a field as part of an emergency fix, 
>but does not recompile all the other programs that use it.
>     
>I wasn't saying that its the way I would do things, just 
>explaining why 
>some packages may use it.
>I agree that it does cause problems.
>     
>     
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kahn, David [JNJFR] [mailto:DKahn1@JNJFR.JNJ.com] 
>>Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 10:48 AM
>>To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
>>Subject: RE: LVLCHK *NO
>>
>>
>>Colin,
>>
>>This use of LVLCHK(*NO) may be justifiable as a temporary 
>>expedient in an
>>emergency fix. But throughout a package? No way on earth 
>would I load a 
>>thing like that on any system I was responsible for.
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