RE: RPG400-L Digest, Vol 4, Issue 97

["Don Tully" <dtully@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

One way around this is to change the severity of the error in MSGF(QRPGMSGE)
from severity 20 down to a lower number.  I have changed a couple of these
compiler errors down to severity 08 after proving to myself that it always
produces the desired result.

One must have a method to handle this at release upgrade time. The changes I
make have been applied every release since V4R1 without causing me any
problems.  The reason I choose 08 is that the no IBM errors have that
severity and when I see it on the compile listing I know what it is.

Don Tully
Tully Consulting LLC.

From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 01/25/05 17:42:34
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Operation Extender N is not allowed if the file is not a disk

We've had programmers get too aggressive with the no lock extender on
subfiles in the past.  Up until v5r3m0 these progs have always compiled,
but now we seem to be getting an RNF5252 "Operation Extender N is not
allowed if the file is not a disk file."  It is a level 20 error so we
could ignore it and move on, but my question is why start telling me now?

Honestly, I don't know if we've been getting these errors all along or
not.  If we have, they haven't been severity 20 as all our crt commands
specify 10 (which I think is the default).

I know the best thing to do is remove the unneeded (n), but other than
than any quick workarounds?

tia,
Bruce in AR