Re: Preventing Programs from using TEST files

LOL Brian = the SPDMNY command rears its ugly head!

You're right, but he might not have the luxury if not set up already. Nathan's mention of portals, well, the OP probably isn't using those.

Independent ASPs can provide for semi-LPAR behavior for separating test and production, too. Of course, there you need enough DASD. Potential SPDMNY command. The test library could be resident only in the IASP and that'd require using especial actions to activate.

I've not had to deal with distinctions between TEST and PROD for libraries, except in debugging. I believe that the debug environment is the only place where this setting is applied. So they'd need a completely different approach to handle this.

Vern

BMay@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Get your test environment into a separate LPAR. That's the best way I have found to prevent this kind of stuff. It's what we do here.

Brian May
Project Lead
Management Information Systems
Garan, Incorporated
Starkville, Mississippi



MattLavinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
02/25/2010 04:12 PM
Please respond to
RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


To
RPG400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
cc

Subject
Preventing Programs from using TEST files








We discovered a problem today that occurred because a production program
was adding a test library to the library list. This wasn't a major problem
until we added a copy of a file used by that program to said test library.
Unknown to us until today, that production program was using the test file
instead of the production one. We have fixed everything now, but I am
looking for suggestions on to how to prevent this from happening again. At
the very least I want to know what "best practices" are recommended to
prevent this sort of problem.

Thanks,
Matt

______________________________________________________________________
This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.
______________________________________________________________________