RE: F Specs on an OVRDBF

["Bale, Dan" <DBale@xxxxxxxx>]

Laura, sometimes the simplest things are gonna stump ya. <g>

How many on the list have done this?  Even (especially?) the experienced
ones.  You struggle with a programming problem - your code isn't doing what
it's supposed to do.  You look at it over and over and over, and, finally,
you ask your colleague to come over and look at the code.  He/she walks
over, you start explaining line-by-line, and then it hits you square in the
old noggin!  You look at your colleague, who hasn't said a danged thing yet,
and you say "Thank you!"

It's a good reason to have imaginary friends!

Sigh.

- Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cobb, Laura [SMTP:LCobb@PapaGinos.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:15 PM
> To:   'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: F Specs on an OVRDBF
> 
> Jon Erickson wrote:
> the OVRDBF or any command to be called via QCMDEXC method: 
> 
>  
> It had been suggested by my senior pgmr that I could use this, but to be
> honest I haven't any experience in this arena and I was gun shy to try it.
> I will try this technique the next time the opportunity arises now that I
> have some "sample code" to refer to.
> The thing that gets me is the maintenance program has a subfile to scroll
> through as well as a scan on the master file by partial or full
> description
> and I had no problems coding those.  But I couldn't wrap my brain around
> the
> OVRDBF thing if my life depended on it.
>  
> LAC
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