Re: Re[2]: CHGPF Question

["David Gibbs" <devdmg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19 Sep 97 at 12:58, Buck Calabro wrote:

> * No documentation tool.  Finding all the programs that reference a
>    file is an arduous chore.  This means I'm not going to miss a few
>    programs; I'll miss a bunch.  The client is _very_ impressed by
>    the quality of my work when her billing fails to run...

A combination of DSPFD and DSPPGMREF to *OUTFILES should give you
all the information you need to do a rudimentary mass-recompile
utility.

> * Some of my jobs do a SBMJOB CMD(CALL someRPG)  No CL.  That
>    means if it falls over, the client never knows about it until the
>    data is whacked.   Yes, I fix 'em when I find 'em, but they're
>    still out there...

"Job 653088/DEVDMG/JUNK ended abnormally..  " should be reported 
as soon as the program starts.

> * The integrity problem is already worse than you probably imagine:
>    Because this stuff was mostly converted from S/36, the folks who
>    did the original AS/400 work did not understand decimal data
>    errors very well.  They changed the default CRTRPGPGM command to
>    IGNDECERR(*YES).  That's right: we ALLOW decimal data errors in
>    the database.  (NOT my idea!!!)  If I can't make headway against
>    THAT, then I have little hope against something that's less
>    harmful (adding a field to the end.)

Now this is something I can't advise on... sounds like you've got a 
deeper rooted development problem than simply ignoring level checks.

I would, however, recommend that you lobby for some powerfull 
development tools... like Hawkeye... to help you with your integrety 
issues.

david
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David Gibbs
Sr. Software Engineer
Silvon Software
Westmont, IL
(630) 655-3313 x6479
http://www.silvon.com
mailto:david.gibbs@silvon.com

Opinions expressed are strictly my own and do 
not necessarily reflect those of my employer

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    you take your eyes off of your goal.

                   -- DMRoth
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