RE: RCLACTGRP Issue

["Smith, Nelson" <NSmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To expand on what Ken has said...

Your RCLACTGRP is ending the service program and freeing up that memory.
However, Program B is still active and still has the pointer to the
procedure which is now non-existant.  Hence, the pointer error.  Program B
resolved a pointer to the procedure on start up.  As Ken said, just leave
the service program active and you should be ok.  If you must rclactgrp for
some other reason, you will  need to also force program B to shut down at
that time so that on it's next start up it would resolve to the procedure's
new address.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Sims [SMTP:mr2087@ke9nr.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:36 AM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: RCLACTGRP Issue
>
> Hi Esther -
>
> >We are experiencing job abnormal ends when we use the RCLACTGRP(name)
> >command and then try to use  service programs that have been reclaimed.
>   ...
> >If we use the RCLACTGRP(name) command the next time we try to use the
> >service program the job ends abnormally.
>
> RCLACTGRP is an accident waiting to happen and this is a good example of
> it.
>
> Why are you using RCLACTGRP at all?  If you are using named activation
> groups, why not just leaving the activation group active?
>
> I'll take issue with Eric's comments about *CALLER programs running in the
> default activation group yielding "unpredictable results".  I have a
> number
> of *CALLER programs that run in the default activation group and that use
> *CALLER service programs which are also running in the default activation
> group and I don't have problems.  The results are only "unpredicatable" if
> you don't understand how activation groups, *CALLER, and service programs
> really work.
>
> Ken
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views
> of
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.
>
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