Re: Test data laziness :)

["John Ross" <ross.john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is how I do it: I create a DDM file in QTEMP over the phy file on 
production AS400, then I do a cpyf from the qtemp file to the real phy file. I 
now have a command that does this for me.
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John Ross


>Hello and Happy "belated" D-Day....lest we ever forget.
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>Here's my question, and feel free to call me a lazy b*st*rd....
>I am working on a LARGE program that produces a large critical report.
>Now this program uses about 30 files, 22 of which are logicals that are
>built over various and sundry physical files.  6 of the files are major
>join files that bring together the data of multiple physical files
>around the production system.  Now, I work on a developement machine
>(hardly any security) that is seperate from the production environment
>(super secured environment) (passthru is the way we can access the
>different systems) this developement machine has bits and pieces of the
>actual types of data that reside on the production machine... but of
>course the data would have to be recreated on the developement machine
>for me to be able to test the program properly.  Is my only alternative
>to just slug it out and collect all these physical file pieces and parts
>and then SNDNETF them to the developement machine into my test library
>and then recreate the logicals that will connect the physical file
>pieces and parts as well as the join files?  Any other suggestions?
>I guess..... I should just sit down for a week and write a program that
>will automatically produce any type of needed data samplings.... Is this
>what you nice people are  gonna suggest?
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>Tim & Dana Truax... and Caleb 4 years old.
>
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