RE: Subject: RE: PF with lotsa LFs

Joel,

CHGPF will do all the steps except recompiling programs.  It recompiles the
PF, moves the data, and rebuilds the logicals.  It still takes almost as
much time but is a little faster than you doing it yourself.  Plus, it
doesn't forget any steps!  Using CHGPF greatly simplifies making database
changes.

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel R. Cochran [mailto:jrc@masi-brac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:20 AM
> To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Subject: RE: PF with lotsa LFs
>
>
> More than likely I don't know enough about the CHGPF command.
>  The way I
> understand it (and the way my last corporation taught it) -
> if you want to
> change a PF, in order to recompile it you have to move the
> data out and
> delete all the logicals.  Then you move the data back,
> re-compile all the
> LFs.  Then you have to recompile all the programs that refer
> to any of those
> files (not necessarily in that order).  We had several PFs
> with more than a
> hundred LFs and it became verbotten to do a physical file
> change because of
> the danger of missing something.  If there is a better way
> then I would love
> to learn it although I don't have the same problem at this
> job, but I hope
> you can see why I hold that opinion.
>