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Re: Debugger irony

James

When you first enter the debug window, type set and press Enter - you can enter Y for update production there.

This default is for your protection - didn't we all have this conversation a few years ago? Don't protect me, I know what I'm doing?

Another choice is to change the default. Or wrap STRDBG in a program that uses the value you want.

Cheers
Vern

On 1/6/2021 5:28 PM, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
I find it ironic that the debugger won't allow you to change files in production libraries unless started with UPDPROD(*YES), because when I have a Cycle update program (or any other iterative program that could make a big mess if I got the logic wrong) that updates a file, I frequently use the debugger very specifically to single-step it through the first one or two records it is updating or deleting, as a final check before turning it loose.

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JHHL


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