Re: QEXCVTDV - S/36 workstation ID

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The table may be full?  Just a thought.


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On 8/11/2015 2:21 PM, T. Adair wrote:
> Here's an interesting situation - we use QEXCVTDV to retrieve the old S/36
> workstation ID in a CL program.  This has been working fine for a few
> years.
> We've now defined a few new workstations (sessions) at a new location, and
> they are working great except QEXCVTDV is returning "0" (zero - Unknown).
> The CL program is still working fine for everyone else - just not for the
> new workstations.
>
> I'm wondering if it has something to do with the naming convention.  The
> new
> workstation sessions all start with RWPC.  I'm not at the new remote site,
> or else I could define a new session (call it "FRED" or something) and see
> if that makes a difference.
>
> I will probably have to change the CL program logic to used some other
> method (which is certainly feasible), but this issue really has me curious.
> We're currently on 7.1.  And yes, I have searched the archives, and Googled
> it.  No soap.
>
> As always, any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> TIA.