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There were a number of ways that this could have been extended. First of all, I content that 25 libraries were plenty, however vendors that ported applications to the platform could not figure how to port their crappy applications without something more like a PC "path". You could have set up an "extended library" that would have sat below the user portion of the library list. This would have broken no code, and given everybody exactly what they wanted. The (faulty) assumption is that everybody has all of the source for their applications that were first written in the 80's. The only good thing that can be said about this fiasco, is that my kids need to go to very expensive colleges, and this will help ensure the cash flow. There is a TAA Tool help you fix the problem. See: http://www.taatool.com/document/L_scnlibl.htm Al Al Barsa, Jr. Barsa Consulting Group, LLC 400>390 914-251-1234 914-251-9406 fax http://www.barsaconsulting.com http://www.taatool.com David.X.Kahn@gsk.co m To: midrange-l@midrange.com Sent by: cc: midrange-l-admin@mi Subject: RE: Large library lists... drange.com 12/20/01 04:21 AM Please respond to midrange-l Al wrote: > V5R1 Library List Enhancement: > > The correct spelling of the word "enhancement" is > "fiasco". <snip> > This would be the significant first change in the > history of the System/38, AS/400, iSeries platform > that will break users code, There's no doubt that this change will break code. However, I can't think of any way to extend the limit without that happening. I've known plenty of sites where the current limit was being pushed fairly hard and was something of a problem. My guess is that the original limit of 25 was chosen by the developers of the S/38 as a figure that customers could not reasonably be expected to approach, rather like the limit of 256 computers in a network in early SNA, although there may also have been performance concerns back then. Given that 25 libraries are not enough, although you might dispute this, what are the realistic alternatives? Dave... _________ ,___o __________ _\ <;_ ___________ (_)/ (_) http://www.twickenhamcc.co.uk ======================================================= The opinions expressed in this communication are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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