Re: Format Level ID

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Code changes from PTFs to old releases typically will become part of 
the base release of the OS in later releases; in the source that is 
recompiled for the new release, not as applied PTFs.  As I recall, the 
changes for those Record Format Level Identifier differences, for which 
APARs were opened against V5R3 and V5R4, were part of the base OS IBM i 
6.1 [v6r1].  I believe one later nuance may have had an additional APAR 
and PTF in v6r1; though presumably such a fix also would have been in 
the base of v7r1.

  Regardless of similarity to or even by the exact same origin to, an 
APAR in v5r3, a problem which exists in v7r1 [IBM i 7.1] is a separate 
problem... if even there is a problem.  Sometimes what is perceived as 
identical between DDS and SQL DDL are in fact legitimate differences. 
Not knowing the DDS and the DDL prevents any informed and legitimate 
comment about the specific situation; i.e. likely any feedback could 
only be a WAG, without the sources.

  Also FWiW, the Level Check feature of the Data Management is not 
specific to the RPG.

Regards, Chuck

On 31-Jan-2012 15:17 , Kurt Anderson wrote:
> After looking this over, there's definitely a PTF that looks like it
> would fix the issue, but it's from V5R3. We're at 7.1. I had thought
> old PTFs got applied at newer versions of the O/S automatically.
> Maybe not?
>
> Rory Hewitt on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:58 PM wrote:
> > Here it is!
> >
> > http://www-912.ibm.com/n_dir/nas4apar.NSF/1be1a5b61b213a6c86256c23007048f4/21529fcce2f4b070862571010041fe11?OpenDocument