Re: ovrdbf SHARE parameter

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

David,

IIRC, The answer is yes. SHARE is used to share the ODP (Open Data Path)
between different programs.

HTH,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries


On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:05 AM, David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does this parameter have any effect on a file used in an rpg by embedded
> sql? I'm looking at a lot of ovrdbf in a clp that uses this parameter, but
> without the opnqryf that I'm used to see following it. Sometimes the calls
> that follow are to SQLRPGLE programs, which is the reason for my question.
> Sometimes the calls are to ordinary RPGs and there, I don't understand why
> the programmer has added share(*yes).
>
> Scott Klement once did an article on OVRDBF. It showed the effect of
> combining these commands at different call levels and override scopes. Does
> anyone know where I might find that article?
>
> Thanks.
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