Jeff,
Change the text only, and no effect.  I'm sure we all do this in practical
applications.  Just be sure to "document" the DDS specs and in the program
where used so the next guys doesn't go crazy!!!

Jim Waymire                                                      Simi
Valley, Ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@fwi.com>
Newsgroups: as400.general,comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc
To: Midrange List Server (David Gibbs) <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 5:01 AM
Subject: File level


>I have a 1-character field in my customer master file that is not in
>use.  I now want to use it for a different purpose than it was intended
>for, oh, about 12 years ago. <g>
>
>If I change only the TEXT on that field and recreate the file, will the
>file level change and I'll get level checks or not?  I'm going to test
>this today.
>
>I assume if I change the field _name_ the file level will change.
>
>--
>-Jeff
>
>jlcrosby@fwi.com
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