RE: Regarding retrieving source from modules

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Hans -

>Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 15:00:27 -0500
>From: boldt@ca.ibm.com
>Subject: Re: Regarding retrieving source from modules

Side note ... Oops!!!  My apologies to the list for forgetting to change the
subject on my previous message to Eric.

>>Now remember boys and girls Compile all your ILE programs with
>DBGVIEW(*ALL)
>>or at the very least DBGVIEW(*LIST) someday you will thank me :-)
>
>I think that's a dangerous recommendation that may lead to
>complacency.  In my opinion, there is no substitute for proper
>backup/recovery procedures along with proper change management
>procedures.
>
>Using the dbgview(*list) information is a cute trick, but it's
>too prone to misuse to be considered a reliable technique for
>source recovery.

Are you saying that we should NOT compile with DBGVIEW(*LIST)???

Anyone who would ignore proper backup procedures because of DBGVIEW(*LIST)
has got a lot more serious problems than just failing to properly backup up
their source.

Besides, if people put their source files in their program libraries (as I
recommended in a previous series of messages <G>) then if they are backing
up their programs they would have to be making a special effort to not
backup the source.  And if they aren't backing up the programs either, they
are eventually going to end up in really, really deep feces!!!
["Let's keep the source and programs in the same library, but we don't need
to back it up because if we lose the programs, we just recompile them, and
if we lose the source we just recover it from the programs!"]

As noted in my message to Eric, we have DBGVIEW(*LIST) as the default, but
we backup all of the program libraries every night along with the database
libraries.

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone else.

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