RE: Advise on a Database Change

[Nel Dennis <DNel3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Jim Langston > Wrote
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There is some way, I understand, to change the file in place
which basically does all of the above (with the exception of
checking to make sure everything is okay) but I've never done
it this way so am not positive how it's done.  It's either
some options under CHGPF or by recompiling the DDS over the
existing file with some options there.  Naturally if you do
it this way you'd want to make a backup of the original first.
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You are correct in that the command that does all of it for you is the CHGPF
command.
One of the parameters is to specify the source file, this would be your new
changed source, and be sure to use the same field name.

Cheers!

Dennis Nel