Re: Checking for existence of members and programs?

[Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So if I understand correctly, you are looking for a value of AABCCxxxxx 
which does not exist in the SRCPF or as a program?

So max( max(SRCPF name), max(pgm name))?  Then you'd add 1 to xxxxx and 
proceed.  (Though this might still produce collisions in a multi use 
enrironment and you'd have to retry.)

You could do the max logic with SQL or using OUTFILES if SQL isn't an 
option.

Sam

On 10/1/2021 8:42 PM, James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

> For argument's sake, let's assume the generated names are of the form 
> AABCCxxxxx, where AABCC is determined by what the generated program 
> does, and xxxxx is a 5-digit number. And that users might not bother to 
> override the generated name for programs they want to keep for future 
> use, and may or may not bother to delete the programs (or 
> source-members) generated for one-time use.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> JHHL