Re: OVRDBF in ILE (was: diff btw Procedures and Routines)

Ken,

It was your point that named AG's left files open.  Whether you close them
or end the AG (reclaim or CEETREC) is up to you.  This is not a named AG
problem.  Arguably, you should just leave the AG active till the job ends.

My original concern was toward indiscriminate use of *NEW.  The performance
issue as you seem to understand is really more about resources (files) than
the actual AG instantiation.  AGs were intended to be used at the
application level.

Granted you and Scott have made a reasonable effort to approximate a single
application AG with *NEW/*CALLER, but why beat around the bush ?  A named AG
would be the direct approach.

As you pointed out yourself, there are those "special case" programs that
get called from the menu and also as a subprogram ("function key") from the
another program.  *NEW/*CALLER just doesn't keep that program in the same AG
as the application.   A named AG would solve this problem.

Named AGs are not worthless as you previously stated.


Keith


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Sims" <mr2087@ke9nr.net>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: OVRDBF in ILE (was: diff btw Procedures and Routines)


> Hi Keith -
>
> >If you're leaving files open, then that's another issue.  Don't blame the
AG
> >for this.
>
> If you're not leaving the files open, then what is the advantage of using
a
> named AG over *NEW?  The fraction of a picosecond you might save in
program
> initiation????
>
> Ken
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views
of
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.
>
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