Activation Groups 102, the plot thickens....

["Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >> While that seems desirable at first blush, look at the default value for
OPNQRYF: OPNSCOPE(*ACTGRPDFN).  This is exactly the same default as OVRDBF,
and has virtually the same help text wording.

But it isn't the _same_ default.  Any more than a default of *LIBL always
means the exact same library list.  The option *ACTGRPDFN has no meaning in
and of itself.  It means - in all cases - "the default depends on where the
command is issued".  If you look at the options for OPNQRYF there is no Call
level option as such.  Only Job and AG scope.  The only way to get call
level is when the command is issued in the default.

When this stuff was being designed, the objective was to make it transparent
to existing programs.  That was the whole rationale behind the *ACTGRPDFN
option.  I think (but can't remember for certain) that one of the reasons
why call level wasn't supported for OPNQRYF was that scoping had always been
a major problem with the command (i.e. a major cause of support calls) and
making an expensive change to OPNQRYF to further support a problem area
wasn't considered a good idea.  There were other technical reasons as well
but I can't recall them.

Jon Paris
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