RE: Module source naming schemes

Several folks were worried about "dot notation" for naming source members:

>Be wary of your dot notation.  Consider trying to FTP the F.DATE module.

Name format 1 works fine, i.e. /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/qrpgsrc.file/f.date.mbr

>It will also cause problems if you ever need to access it via SQL.  The
copy
>stream file commands will probably not like it either.  We have a software
>vendor who used "." in their library names and it has made life difficult.


Stream file works just like ftp: CPYTOSTMF
FROMMBR('/qsys.lib/buck.lib/qrpglefdn.file/c2n.con.mbr') TOSTMF(c2n)

In SQL you'll need to wrap the "special" name in double quotes: select *
from "BUCK.T"/master  Also, be aware that upper case makes a difference... 

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
"Nothing is so firmly believed as
 that which we least know" -- Michel Montaigne
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