Re: CHGPF Question

["David Gibbs" <devdmg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19 Sep 97 at 9:12, Buck Calabro wrote:

> >And still others (myself included) consider it to be punishable by
> >death..
>  Why?  LVLCHK(*NO) is just another attribute of a file, like SIZE or
> MAXMBRS...  If I create a file with 10 fields, write a hundred
> programs, then add an eleventh field to the end, why should I be
> forced to re-compile all one hundred programs, when I already KNOW
> that none of them uses the new field?  I have never given this
> question much thought before; seeing these quite strong responses
> against the practise gives me pause...

Buck:

IMHO, Level Checking is one of the shining features of the AS/400. 
It gives you the security of knowing that your files and programs
are compatible.   I would far prefer to have a program fall over
dead because of a level check error, than run the program w/o LVLCHK
and run the risk of SOME OTHER program screwing up the data. 

If you defeat this feature, you throw your entire database's 
integrity into question.

Again, this is all IMHO.

david
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David Gibbs
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