Re: Can a DDMF point to localhost?

["Mark S. Waterbury" <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx>]

Hi, Jose:

Yes, it is possible.  For example, I did this:

  CRTDDMF FILE(QTEMP/MYDDMF) RMTFILE(MYLIB/MYFILE) 
RMTLOCNAME('127.0.0.1' *IP)

and this worked fine on my system.

Also, if you create an SQL ALIAS, it creates a DDMF "under the covers".

All the best,

Mark S. Waterbury

> Jose Antonio Salazar Montenegro wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I was asked if a small set of DDMFs can be created pointing to the same
> IBM i. That way we could use a single machine for development.
>
> Using RMTLOCNAME(MYSYSTEM *SNA) and attempting a DSPPFM fails with:
> "Remote location AFIRMED for program device DDMDEVICE was not found."
>
> Using RMTLOCNAME(LOCALHOST *IP) or RMTLOCNAME('127.0.0.1' *IP) and
> attempting a DSPPFM fails with:
> "A remote host refused an attempted connect operation."
>
> I'm not knowledgeable enough about device or network configuration to
> conclude that it can't be done, though.
>
> --
> Saludos
> Antonio Salazar
>