Re: Journaling question

[Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/09/2003 05:49:35 PM:

> Hi Group,
> We work in AS/400. I have a very little knowledge in journaling.
>     One file is being journaled, but it is seen that every 7th day,
> it is doing 'After' and 'Before' images of the records, but all
> other days it keeps only 'After' images. The file has '*AFTER' in
> its 'journal images' parameter.
>     My questions are
>     i) How every 7th day, it is having both 'After' and 'Before'
> images? From where is it being controlled?

It sounds like you have a program which does commitment control.  CC
required before and after images, and if you're not doing both, changes
journaling on the fly from *AFTER to *BOTH.

>     ii) I want it to have both images for every transaction. Before
> this file had '*BOTH' in the 'journal images' parameter. But it
> still had the same kind of information (i.e., both images every 7th
> day, and only 'After' images all other days). So, what should I do
> to have both images always?

Unfortunately, the only way to change is to ENDJRNPF and then re-STRJRNPF.
ENDJRNPF requires an exclusive lock on the PF and all associated LF
objects.  It has been an outstanding requirement with IBM to make changing
from one mode to the other easier.

>     TIA
>     Amitava

Al

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