RE: Utility to remove and re-add logical file members

["Wintermute, Sharon" <Sharon.Wintermute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From Websters: 

2. (used to express possibility): I wonder who that could be at the
door. That couldn't be true. 
3. (used to express conditional possibility or ability): You could do it
if you tried. 
4. (used in making polite requests): Could you open the door for me,
please?


I stand by my choice of word. 

Sharon Wintermute

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Lovelady
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:23 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Utility to remove and re-add logical file members

No conditions are stated.  That's what I meant.  When not stated, we
cannot
assume they belong.

You could be mistaken.
I could have chosen water.
We all could stop this madness.

None of those are conditional, as far as I know.

Dennis Lovelady
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
--
"United Nations: Where America feeds the hands that bite it."
        -- Gregory Nunn 


> LOL - maybe I've been reading too much Richard Lederer of late -
> Father's Day present from number one son!
>
> Anyhow, seems to me that "you could" has always been conditional -
it's
> subjunctive, just as "would" and "should", albeit with different
> intensity in different constructions.
>
> Whew!!
>
> Vern
>
> On 6/29/2010 12:15 PM, Wintermute, Sharon wrote:
> > Apparently I changed it. :)
> >
> > Sharon Wintermute
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis
Lovelady
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:10 PM
> > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> > Subject: RE: Utility to remove and re-add logical file members
> >
> > Sorry, Sharon, I didn't see the word 'consider' anywhere below.
> (Still
> > don't.)  I saw 'you could,' which sounds unconditional, and which is
> why
> > I
> > replied thus.
> >
> > Dennis Lovelady
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
> > --
> > "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers
exactly
> > what
> > the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
> and
> > be
> > replaced by something even more bizarrely inexplicable.
> >
> > There is another theory which states that this has already
happened."
> >          -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> >
> >
> >
> > > That is one reason why I said consider it.  Every shop has
different
> > > standards, so what works for one does not necessarily work for all.
> > >
> > > Sometimes, a hint of a different approach is all someone needs to
> > > reconsider their path.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sharon Wintermute
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis
> Lovelady
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:24 AM
> > > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> > > Subject: RE: Utility to remove and re-add logical file members
> > >
> > > That's a good idea, Sharon, but MAINT(*REBUILD) is not an option
> when
> > > UNIQUE
> > > is involved. So there is some merit to the approach depending upon
> how
> > > things are set up.  Some installations that don't really understand
> > > database
> > > but are put in the position of designing for i have UNIQUE on
> (almost)
> > > everything.
> > >
> > > Dennis Lovelady
> > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
> > > --
> > > Dear Lord, please make me the kind of person my cats think I am.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Rather than remove the members, you could just change the LF to
> > > > maint(*REBLD) instead of removing the members.
> > > >
> > > > Then once you are done with the reorg, change them back to
> > > > maint(*Immed).
> > > >
> > > > This way you don't lose the based-on member info.  I have seen
this
> > > > cause a problem when the logical is based on multiple physical
> > > members.
> > >
> > > > Re-adding logical members isn't fun for multiple physical members.
> > > >
> > > > Plus, if the LF has multiple members, its not fun either.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sharon Wintermute
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