Re: How to slow down an AS

As this thread doesn't seem to relate to RPG programming, could we move
it over to MIDRANGE-L (http://lists.midrange.com/listsinfo/midrange-l)?

Thanks!

david

Raul A. Jager W. wrote:
> I wanted to test a program (read only) so I created a DDM File in the
> development machine, but :-(
> 
> Instead of: CRTDDMF FILE(LIB/FILE)  RMTFILE (LIB/FILE)
> LOCATION((PRODUCTION))
> I wrote: CRTDDMF FILE(LIB/FILE)  RMTFILE (LIB/FILE) LOCATION((DEVELOPMENT))
> 
> in the development computer, so the ddmf pointed to itself.  Try to read
> and it created a lot of QRWTSRVR.
> 
> It will be a good idea if the AS will detect circular references, or
> even require that a DDM File points to a "real" file (physical or
> logical).  This may seem to drastical, but I belive that chaining DDMs
> will degrade performance and makes it harder to trace the real location
> af the file being used.
> 
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