Re: Near-fatal OOPS waiting to happen in PDM (or THANK GOD for CONFIRMATION SCREENS!)

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I always use

with CHG

For updates/deletes....

Charles

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Jerry C. Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh, hell yes!  In my test environment my test libraries all have the same
> name as production preceded with a 'T'.  I usually read it a dozen times
> just to make sure.
>
> Same thing when I use STRSQL to mass delete records.  I usually sit there
> for 10 minutes reading and re-reading the DELETE statement ("Do I really
> want to do this?").
>
> Jerry C. Adams
> IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 2:15 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Near-fatal OOPS waiting to happen in PDM (or THANK GOD for
> CONFIRMATION SCREENS!)
>
> What's even worse is your conscience wants to type
> CLRLIB QTEMP
> but your brain and fingers type
> CLRLIB someotherlibrarythatDOES exist
>
> and you are wondering why it's taking so long
>
> Fortunately (for me) it was my own development library on the development
> box
> Only the gods know what my brain was doing at that time
> Still took a while to restore it - but with that one action you definitely
> don't need any exercise for that day
>
> Alan Shore
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Lampert
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 2:50 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Near-fatal OOPS waiting to happen in PDM (or THANK GOD for
> CONFIRMATION SCREENS!)
>
> Has anybody ever meant to put a "5" on a member, and put a "4" on it by
> mistake?
>
> Kind of makes you jump, when you get the "Do you really want to delete
> xxxxx?" confirmation screen, don't it?
>
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