RE: EXTNAME not picking up the correct file

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LOL

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 8:17 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: EXTNAME not picking up the correct file

You must be an IT professional (like me) because most parents would "pick
up" their daughter at school, not "retrieve" her.

:)

Sorry, I just couldn't resist.



On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Alan,
>
> As I see it, your problem is that, being on V5R4, you can't use a
> EXTNAME(mylib/myfile) keyword, so when I suggested the idea of including a
> F-spec, I was thinking about doing the following steps:
>
> 1) Include a F-Spec (input only/user open) indicating
> EXTFILE(mylib/myfile). That way you can have the file format you need.
>
> 2) Create two (2) data structures (before and after), using the LIKEREC
> keyword in your DS. Something like:
>
>  DRecBefore        DS                  Likerec(FileFormat)
>  DRecAfter         DS                  Likerec(FileFormat)
>
> My apologies for my prior post being so terse (short?), as I was leaving
my
> office in a hurry in order to retrieve my daughter at the school.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Luis Rodriguez
> IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5 iSeries
> --
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your e-mail Luis
> > The extname is on a data structure that will hold the before and/or
after
> > image of the record when a change is applied to the record.
> > There is no f-spec for this particular file
> >
> > Alan Shore
> > Programmer/Analyst, Direct Response
> > E:AShore@xxxxxxxx
> > P:(631) 200-5019
> > C:(631) 880-8640
> > "If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> > midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luis Rodriguez
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:56 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: EXTNAME not picking up the correct file
> >
> >  Alan,
> >
> > The option you want (libname/filename) was made available only (AFAIK)
> > beginning with V6R1... :-(
> >
> > Why don't you define your file with a f-spec, using USROPN?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Luis Rodriguez
> > IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5 iSeries
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone
> > > Before I forget, we are on V5r4.
> > > I am writing a trigger program and placing the before/after data of
> > > the file record like the following code:-
> > >
> > > d data_Ordhdrp  e ds                  extname(ORDHDRP)
> > > d
>  based(dataPtr)
> > > d                                                          qualified
> > >
> > > The problem that I am having is that when the program is promoted to
> > > QA, the compile is using the record layout of the file that resides in
> > > a different library (which is a different layout (of course) than the
> > > file I must use.
> > > This is due to the library list (which I have been told I CANNOT
> > > change)
> > >
> > > My question is:-
> > > Is there a way for the COMPILE to pick up the correct file I know that
> > > this is available for files in the f-spec by using the following
> > > f                             EXTFILE(*EXTDESC)
> > > f                             EXTDESC('MYLIB/MYFILE5')
> > >
> > > I realize that I will probably need to provide an OVRDBF for the
> > > compile in the promotion, but that would mean adding comments to the
> > > program and hoping that the next person reads those comments
> > >
> > > As always, any and all suggestions ALWAYS welcome
> > >
> > > Alan Shore
> > > Programmer/Analyst, Direct Response
> > > E:AShore@xxxxxxxx
> > > P:(631) 200-5019
> > > C:(631) 880-8640
> > > "If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
> > >
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