Re: Service Program issue

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use service programs all the time, I'm able to change them, add
procedures, even make fairly complex changes involving deprecating an
existing procedure and replacing it with a new one without getting a
signature violation error.

What did you change in the service program?   What does your binder source
look like?


On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Bruce Odum wrote:

> I was under the assumption that when using a service program that when
> you make a change to a service program and you do not change the entry
> points you would not have to rebind all programs using that service
> program.
>
> I added a new routine today to a service program and it stopped the only
> program we have using it with the following error.  How do you change a
> service program without having to rebind all objects that are using it.
>
>
>
> Message ID . . . . . . :   MCH4431       Severity . . . . . . . :   40
>
> Message type . . . . . :   Escape
>
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   06/23/04      Time sent  . . . . . . :
> 15:14:56
> Message . . . . :   Program signature violation.
>
> Cause . . . . . :   The source program OPTLQARW specifies a signature
>
>   X'0AA956AD31211C0A05314CEDD0A36813' which is not supported by service
>
>   program SWSRVTXR.
>
> Recovery  . . . :   The service program interface has changed. Re-bind
> source
>   program OPTLQARW.
>
>
> Bruce Odum
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