Re: NO queries in QGPL please!! -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Walden.

FYI: The original request to keep queries out of QGPL was indeed to keep the
library pure. I just upgrade from CISC to RISC and it was a pain to get my
queries up without overwriting anything in QGPL on the RISC system. Obviously I
couldn't chance letting any system stuff from the CISC's QGPL library coming
over.

I think I'm going to follow your advice and move them.

I'm disappointed in AS/400 security though, that there isn't some simple way to
secure the library without giving me other problems.

Paul

Walden Leverich wrote:

> While I agree that this does not stop users from putting queries in the QGPL
> library, I think the delete approach is too harsh. I'm one that believes
> that the system belongs to the users. We (IT, IS, MIS, DP, whatever) are
> just here to act as enablers for the users.
>
> I don't know why the original request was made to not store queries in the
> QGPL library, but I would guess that there was a desire to keep the library
> "pure" to avoid any possible upgrade problems. ( Yes, I know there shouldn't
> be any, but if I don't use the lib I know there will be no problems.) By
> moving the queries into the correct library I allow the users to keep their
> hard work and still accomplish my goal. Besides, after a couple of weeks of
> saving to QGPL and having to remember that the query was then moved to
> library xxx the users will simply start using library xxx.
>
> -Walden
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Terry Herrin
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 8:00 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: NO queries in QGPL please!!
>
> Walden Leverich wrote:
> >Terry,
> >
> >A bit harsh, no? How about modifying your nightly process to move the
> >queries into the library of your preference?
> >
> >-Walden
>
> I agree it's harsh, but how would moving the queries to another
> library stop the users from continuing to put their queries into QGPL?
> Yes, your move process would move the queries out of QGPL every day,
> but you haven't solved the problem, you've simply put a band-aid on
> it.  Give the users plenty of warnings that the queries will no longer
> be kept in QGPL and that they will lose them if they put them there.
> Set a date as to when the delete will be going into place, give the
> users a reminder as the date nears, then put the delete in place.  If
> after all that they still lose a query then it's their own fault.
> Once they know their queries will be lost if they put them there, I
> guarantee they'll stop doing it.
>
> Terry Herrin
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> New Hanover Regional Medical Center
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