RE: Re[2]: accessing qtemp files from another job -- MI400

I meant MI too.  I have seen your other posts, I know you weren't born last
night :)

In my opinion, this is probably not the right project for a first-MI
program.  All security-breaking projects are delicate.

Richard Jackson
mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
Voice: 1 (303) 808-8058
Fax:   1 (303) 663-4325

> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: owner-mi400@midrange.com [mailto:owner-mi400@midrange.com]On
> |Behalf Of Jodi Walker
> |Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 2:33 PM
> |To: MI400@midrange.com
> |Subject: Re[2]: accessing qtemp files from another job
> |
> |
> |     I had meant I was new to the MI arena.  I've been doing AS400 & RPG
> |     for years.  I was looking for a way to get our job done without
> |     management having little kittens about technical issues
> |they have only
> |     a vague conception of, in addition to learning about an
> |area that I am
> |     considering expanding into.  This just presented an
> |opportunity for
> |     goal-directed learning rather than just mucking about.
> |
> |     jw
> |
> |
> |______________________________ Reply Separator
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> |Subject: RE: accessing qtemp files from another job
> |Author:  "Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
> |at Internet
> |Date:    09/27/2000 2:20 PM
> |
> |
> |Given your statement that you are new to this, it seems like a
> |pretty bad
> |idea to give you a nuclear bomb to kill mice.  Here are your choices:
> |
> |1. Fix the programs so they don't look
> |2. Give someone enough authority to fix the jobs when they do loop.
> |3. Live with it.
> |
> |If management doesn't want to give out authority, then they
> |don't want it
> |fixed.  If they want it fixed then they give authority.  If you
> |try to sneak
> |around the authority problem, you are risking your job for
> |nothing.  This
> |isn't your problem, it is their problem.  Don't let them make
> |you feel bad
> |about that.
> |
> |By the way, there are technical solutions but this situation
> |doesn't want a
> |technical solution.  A technical solution gives you the
> |opportunity to cut
> |yourself with a very sharp knife or get yourself in trouble with the
> |authority czar.  This situation wants a business solution.
> |
> |I'm sorry you have to live with this.  However, this is my opinion.
> |
> |Richard Jackson
> |mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
> |http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
> |Voice: 1 (303) 808-8058
> |Fax:   1 (303) 663-4325
> |
> |> |-----Original Message-----
> |> |From: owner-mi400@midrange.com [mailto:owner-mi400@midrange.com]On
> |> |Behalf Of Jodi Walker
> |> |Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 12:48 PM
> |> |To: MI400@midrange.com
> |> |Subject: accessing qtemp files from another job
> |> |
> |> |
> |> |     I have checked the archives and found some items relating
> |> |to accessing
> |> |     another job's qtemp files.  The problem is that they are a
> |> |little over
> |> |     my head - I am completely new to this area.
> |> |
> |> |     The situation is this: for whatever reasons, misguided or
> |> |otherwise,
> |> |     we use QTEMP files heavily in batch processes.  Some of
> |these batch
> |> |     jobs are started by ROBOT software.  Our security is
> |setup so that
> |> |     programmers can not even see the job log of a ROBOT job.
> | There are
> |> |     times when there is no one around with *ALLOBJ authority
> |and when a
> |> |     job starts to loop, we have no way to recover the data from QTEMP
> |> |     before ending the job.  Management is unlikely to come up with a
> |> |     solution to resolve the problem, especially if the solution
> |> |involves
> |> |     assigning *ALLOBJ authority to any programmer.
> |> |
> |> |     What I want to do, and I assume it is possible from what I
> |> |have read,
> |> |     is create an object that will allow us the specify the
> |> |qualified job
> |> |     and perhaps the file names in question, and either CRTDUPOBJ or
> |> |     display the file contents from QTEMP so that we can safely
> |> |end the job
> |> |     without losing the interim data - something that we can
> |> |call when we
> |> |     need it.  Can this be done without adopting *ALLOBJ
> |authority?   We
> |> |     don't want to have to go back and modify every program
> |that stores
> |> |     data in QTEMP files.
> |> |
> |> |     Could someone give me some direction on how I can do this
> |> |or point me
> |> |     to a primer so that I can understand more of what I am
> |> |reading in the
> |> |     archives about accessing another job's QTEMP files?
> |> |
> |> |     thanks much
> |> |     jw
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