Re: Making Triggers Resilient

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Just to clarify setting the library list, the thoughts were to save the 
> library list before running the trigger then put it back at end of trigger. 
> We did have doubts over this technique, i.e. performance, but it would have 
> been transparent to the user.

Regarding performance:

Make sure you use a named activation group for your trigger program, and 
end the program with *INLR = *OFF.  Code your file opens in an *INZSR, and 
keep them open until the activation group is reclaimed.

You definitely don't need to open & close the files on every call to your 
trigger! That would be painful!

It also makes it possible to read a configuation file and force the files 
to the given library/libraries only once, then keep using them for 
subsequent calls.

That'll improve the trigger performance dramatically.