Re: Cross Reference Tools question

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We turned AS/400 query over to our users about 10 years ago, and it's 
only bitten us a few times; we have some users who 'experiment' with 
not linking 2 large files together properly, and generating large 
work files...

We do search for all queries using the changed file (I believe we use 
the QMQRY stuff--  retrieve the AS/400 query as QMQRY source, then 
scan the source).

We will hunt down and change any 'production' queries as part of the 
upgrade process.

We will sometimes form a hit squad of programmers and actually go in 
and "touch'n'save" each user query so it updates itself to the new 
file (just to be nice to the users).  Other times, it's email the 
world and alert the help desk.   (:

As far as file downloads, users are advised of the change and are 
given instructions on how to re-up their download definitions.  Users 
don't upload to production libraries.  Most users downloading data 
are 'power' users and are (usually) self-helping.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



> Dee wrote (in part):

> The issue is how do you document any non-as400 applications that 
> access the data i.e.. Showcase queries,MS Access,Client access 
> downloads. We have taught our users to use Showcase so they are out 
> there doing queries that we don't know anything about and we are 
> making file changes that they don't know anything about. We have 
> been lucky that this has only recently risen it's ugly head.