Re: With the dropping of a few features from IBM i are there vendor software concerns?

Hi Bryan

Unless I have missed something, DFU isn't being removed from any systems it is on already - it will no longer be marketed or supported, if I read the announcements correctly. Now the risk is there of unsupported software. So whether you keep it on your system is your choice.

Cheers
Vern

On 9/25/2024 2:56 PM, Bryan Dietz wrote:

best squishy answer, maybe, it depends.
mostly i wanted to remind us of other ways to accomplish changing data in files.
I don't deal with Prod data, so it mostly just for 'control" type files..

I'm going to really miss UPDDTA when DFU goes away...

Bryan


VERNON HAMBERG Owner via MIDRANGE-L wrote on 9/25/2024 1:43 PM:

Good point, Bryan. I find it useful for Q & D stuff and probably should never recommend it for production. And would you use it for more than single value stuff?


Cheers
Vern

On Wed, 25 Sep, 2024 at 12:28 PM, Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

RunSqlScripts can also be used.

select * from qiws.qcustcdt for update;

Bryan