Re: Stupid things we do...

Another one from my archive of stupidity (not mine, this time)...

In 1989, this company had JDE running on an AS/400.  I was working there as
one of several contractors.  We had development AND production running on
the same box (200 - 300 interactive users doing telemarketing).

One of the other consultants (a former JDE employee) was compiling the sales
order entry program (P4211) which has around 30,000 lines of RPG code.  On a
D60, this program normally took around 1.5 hours to compile.

When he noticed that his job was sitting in the jobq, he moved the compile
to QCTL.  The system locked up so tight you couldn't even sign on at the
system console....

After about half an hour, the manager just decided to force-power down the
system and re-IPL.  It took over 8 hours for the system to come back up,
after rebuilding all of the access paths for the files that were left
open...

Steve


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From: "Steve Landess" <steve_landess@hotmail.com>
To: <midrange-nontech@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: Stupid things we do...


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Well -
It's Friday afternoon again...thank <whatever your greater power may be>
(got to be politically correct)

What is the stupidest thing that you have done as a
programmer/operator/consultant?  At least, that you will admit to?

Since I started this thread, I'll go first:

In 1990, I was working at a small steel mill in East Texas (with 5 AS/400
systems).

In the main computer room, they did NOT have a desk for the system console.
Instead, the console was located on TOP of the 9309 rack.  To reach it, they
had a small step (like you would use in your kitchen) to stand on so you
could reach the keyboard.  One day, while working at the console, I noticed
that the response time seemed to be very slow.

THEN, I realized that it was locked up.  I stepped back from the system,
pulled back the step, looked down, and saw that I had turned OFF one of the
disk drives by hitting the switch with my shoe.  The top of the step was
exactly even with the switch.

They put a desk in the computer room THAT afternoon, IIRC.

Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935




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