Re: CHGPF Question

["Joe Teff" <jteff19@xxxxxxx>]

> Joe,
> 
> In a message dated 97-09-20 10:24:39 EDT, you write:
> 
>> Users needed a field added to the item master to track an atrribute of that
>> item. They needed it ASAP (At least they thought so). I knew which programs
>> updated (add/change) and which ones just used it. I did exactly what Art 
>did. 
>> Recompiling all of the programs, moving to another system and installing 
>> would have been a huge drain on resources. Although I did recompile and 
>> install all of them on the following weekend.
> 
> But what about the person that DOESN'T know "which programs updated
> (add/change) and which ones just used it"?  For the "N"th time, what is the
> BIG DEAL about re-compiling all programs that use a given file?  I seem to be
> getting the greatest resistance from the smaller accounts, which SHOULD have
> an EASIER time compiling all programs than the larger ones -- especially
> those with a CMS installed...
> 
> Regards,
> Dean Asmussen

First of all Dean, you asked for a case where someone deemed it necessary to 
use LVLCHK(*NO). I do not use it often and only when I completely understand 
the environment and risks. If there is a risk, then that is taken into account. 
However, in these cases, I do know what updates and what just uses it. I do 
know what the outside uses are. I am not recommending this as a casual or 
common practice. I do not know how you decided that I must be from a small 
account. In the case I specifically mentioned, it was a large shop with a CMS 
and multiple AS/400s. The biggest consideration was not how to get the programs 
compiled, but rather the resources required to compile and disseminate the 
programs. Like Art, I don't intend to follow up on this anymore. I'm not going 
to change your mind and you are not going to change mine. I can live with that.

Joe Teff
QDS
Bloomington, MN
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