RE: Subject: RE: PF with lotsa LFs

[Scott Mildenberger <Smildenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.
>