Re: CHGPF Message

On 10-Feb-2015 10:18 -0600, Buddy McClean wrote:

On 02/10/2015 10:00 AM Buddy McClean wrote:

Just upgraded to 7.1 with recent PTF packages installed. Not quite
sure what this is about. I remember it working fine at 6.1.

CHGPF FILE(WEB275OUT) SRCFILE(MARR/QDDSSRC) SIZE(50000 1000 3)
Argument associated with external or internal parameter not passed.

Oh well. Trying to set the maximum number of records to less than
the current number of records.

From the help file.

If it is smaller than the current number of records in the
member, an error message is sent

True, an error message was sent, even if not helpful.

The error msg MCH0801 being issued [whence and to not included] is clearly a defect; defects left unreported are likely to be encountered again, if not by you, then by others.

The proper output is the diagnostic error msg CPD3216 "SIZE less than current size for file &1." followed by error msg CPF7304 "File &1 in &2 not changed.", both F/QDBCHGFI; as an effective ALTER TABLE per use of Source File (SRCFILE) parameter with a specification of other than *NONE, the messaging may be somewhat verbose\messy than just those two, but those two should be the overall effect just as if\when the request is a non-ALTER scenario.