RE: Test Development System Survey

Or ftp exit point programs, etc...

Rob Berendt
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qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Liotta)
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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>This technique works very well as long as no jobs are submitted to batch.
>That's where the some of the extra time to setup testing occurs. 
>
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>always use STRDBG updprd(*NO) so if it does try to update a production 
file
>it will bomb
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I would expect it to work in batch more or less as well as interactive. 
First thing I'd try is associating a routing program that always ran 
STRDBG updprd(*NO) before giving over control. I might even do the same in 
the developers interactive subsystem. If this can't be made to work, there 
are bound to be alternatives.

If you can have the system do it automatically, why even attempt to rely 
on manual methods? Since we're programmers, let's teach the system how to 
handle developer jobs.

The serious problem I've always had was with system programs such as the 
startup program. Tough to guarantee without running in production when 
there's no separate test system.

Tom Liotta

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