Re: 250 libraries. a solution?

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hello Steve,

You wrote:
>If the ibm v5r1 rtvjoba will rtn the <=25 library libl into the char 275 var
>w/o error and will signal an excp ONLY if the rtvd libl will not fit in the
>rtn var, then imo the ibm solution is the correct one.

IIRC that is exactly how it has been designed.  While it might have been nice 
to have a system value as Al proposed this is not as big a problem as he is 
suggesting.

If you stick with 25 or fewer libraries in the user portion of the library list 
you won't have an issue.  If you exceed the 25 library barrier then you must 
change your code.  Woop-de-bloody-do!  The only drawback I can see is when some 
unsuspecting fool adds the 26th library to the list and all hell breaks loose 
-- but then one must ask "Why are they being paid good money too manage a 
system if they don't understand the ramifications of a system-wide change?"

There is also a serious question regarding application design if you need more 
than 25 user libraries.  What will these idiots do when 250 libraries are not 
enough?  Certain software designers need a good slap upside the haid!

Hopefully the traffic on this overrated topic will settle down now.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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