Re: Product library vs SBMJOB

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/07/2008, at 4:25 AM, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> FYI - I have a scenario where product libraries get rather messy  
> and actually don't seem to work.
>
> I have a command or a menu that has PRDLIB(VMHLIB) in it.
> I run the FNDSTRPDM command over a file in VMHLIB but I use *LIBL.
> I get a message that the file is not found.
>
> My PRDLIB was replaced by QPDA, as set in FNDSTRPDM - so my library  
> is no longer in the list - can't find my file.

That's a risk you run whenever you have strings of commands from  
different vendors. There are TWO active product library positions so  
generally you can run your command (with PRDLIB1 set) which invokes  
another command (with PRDLIB2 set) and both commands have access to  
their own product libraries. I notice on my system which has both PDM  
and ADM installed that any PDM or ADM command adds BOTH QPDA and QADM  
to the PRDLIB portion of the library list thus "stealing" both slots.  
That seems like a design flaw and may be contributing to your  
observed behaviour.

> If there were to be a DCR, I'd lobby for letting the library that  
> was pushed onto the PRDLIB stack (Chuck - excuse my loose  
> terminology!) still be in the search path. The system knows it is  
> there, because when the command is done, then that PRDLIB is back.


Bad idea. That will just make the PRDLIB portion of the library list  
large and we'll be back to having ridiculous numbers of libraries in  
the search path. Bad enough that Rochester caved-in to increase  
USRLIBL from 25 to 250--don't pester them with an increase in PRDLIB  
too.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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