RE: Level check failures: how much change to a file?

Only changes to the record layout should cause new file/record level
generation. Changing column headings and or text does not. Other
attributes such as allow null will also change the record level. Best
way is to compile the file to a test library. Verify it has the same
level id as the primary file. ( I like to compile with out changing the
source first to make sure the system does not create a new level id do
to upgrades that have happened over the years, especially on older
objects. )
Then I make my changes and verify that the level id did not change.


Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Lampert
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:58 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Level check failures: how much change to a file?

It's kind of embarrassing to have to ask this, after over a decade
grinding out AS/400 code, but:

How much of a change to a file can you make, before it fails a level
check?

Can you change field text and/or column headings without killing it?

I'd kind of like to know before I start.