Re: Default activation groups

[Mark Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Alan,
I suggest that for a trigger that may be fired from OPM or ILE (*CALLER or named) AGs, you may want to create the trigger program in its own named activation group -- you can just make the ACTGRP(name) equal to the name of the trigger program.
That way, the first time the trigger "fires" (gets invoked), the system will automatically create the new named AG, and it will hang around until "end of job."
Hope that helps,
Mark S. Waterbury


    On Monday, February 22, 2021, 5:26:58 PM EST, Alan Cassidy <cfuture@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  
 
 I should have asked this question more clearly, specifically.

Given an OPM-RPG program A, is there a gotcha with calling program B 
compiled with DFTACTGRP(*YES)?  I need to capture changes to a certain 
file for certain values and instead of modifying old RPG3 code I'd like 
to call an RPGLE program to handle something like a data queue pipe to 
another process that checks for changes and sends an email.

Thing is I need to catch changes to two values in a file, and I'm 
looking at triggers because records get updated, deleted, and/or 
inserted by about 15 programs, They run in the gamut of AG'S: OPM-RPG, 
RPGLE-*DFTACTGRP, *CALLER, *NEW, and QILE. (these programs will be part 
of a comprehensive modernization strategy they are planning that 
includes the activation group issues.)

there is time pressure to clear a backed-up queue of requests. But I 
don't want any gotchas of course.

aec



On 2/21/2021 1:44 PM, Jon Paris wrote:
> We covered this topic (and related issues) in 2004 in an article called "The Seven Deadly Sins of ILE" - you can find it herehttps://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-of-ILE ; <https://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-of-ILE>
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> Jon Paris
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> > On Feb 21, 2021, at 12:10 PM, Alan Cassidy<cfuture@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
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> > Can somebody share the differences between the two different activation groups?
> >
> > Specifically, is there any gotchas if one OPM program A called an RPGLE program B compiled with DFTACTGRP(*YES) ?
> >
> > aec
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