Re: Test Data creation ideas

>Hello all,
>I would like to ask a question concerning the best way to create test
>data for checking my AS400 applications.  If I have a library where the
>production files reside, and  I have a physical file named CUSTOMER  and
>I have 3 logicals off of CUSTOMER named CUSTL1 CUSTL2 CUSTL3 that are
>production files.  If I do a CRTDUPOBJ to my test library of all 4 of
>these files, will the copied logicals point correctly to the physical
>file CUSTOMER in my test library or will they still be pointed to the
>production library physical file named CUSTOMER?  Any and all help
>richly appreciated.  Thanks to all, and have a nice weekend.
>--
>:-) Tim & Dana Truax (-:


To be sure, you should DSPDBR on the Physical File(s) and check to see
where the logicals reside.

That said, IF the old PF and all of its old LFs live in the same library,
CRTDUPOBJ will put the new physical and the new logicals in the new
library, and the new logicals will point to the new physical you just
created.

If, however, the old logicals are NOT in the same library as the old
physical, the new logicals will point to the same physical as the old
logicals.

A solution is to (temporarily) move the logicals into the same library as
the physical, do your CRTDUPOBJs, then move the logicals back where they
belong.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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