Re: OVRDBF does not work

[Glenn Gundermann <glenn.gundermann@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

In the CL program, on the OVRDBF commands, try OVRSCOPE(*JOB).

Yours truly,

Glenn Gundermann
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 at 11:31, john erps <jacobus.erps@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having a strange problem using OVRDBF.
> I want to generate an FTP script.
> Pretty standard, did this many times in the past.
>
> To generate the script, i execute an OVRDBF using QCMDEXC from a **free
> RPGLE program, to point to the correct file and member.
>
> When debugging i don't see any overrides active (opnscope is *JOB).
> However, when i put those overrides in a CLLE program and i call that from
> the RPG program i do see the overrides with DSPOVR.
>
> However, even when the overrides seem to be active they are not respected
> when i open the file in my RPG program, as if the overrides don't exist.
>
> All this is pretty standard, so i'm lost why it doesn't work now.
> I don't get eny error messages, because the script is written to
> QGPL/QRPGLESRC member PROOF (first member). Which is logical because no
> overrides seem to be active  and the file is compiled against QRPGLESRC).
>
> I tried different things, like submitting the job, using "system" API
> instead of QCMDEXC, etc.
>
> The only difference with the past is that i'm using **free RPG now.
>
> Does anybody know about issues regarding executing an OVRDBF with QCMDEXC
> (opnscope *JOB) from **free RPG? A Bug?
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