> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Ed Gould > Skickat: den 12 november 2007 20:41 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: COBOL COPY statement w REPLACING... > > On Nov 12, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > > > > > I want to be able to use REPLACING for such a copybook WITHOUT > > modifying the copybook (because I don't own it and am not allowed to change > > it). > > > > Why can't we do such a simple thing? > > > > Peter > > Peter, > > There are usually ways around this one is to copy the member to a > different library and change and then when you compile just add the > library in front of the concatenation. As to why... ask the > dark side:) > > Ed
The ground problem with COPY's is that they often have the requirement of standards and "one source at one place". And if You - when You have a big organisation and want consistency in developement - are using meta database products as Datamanager etc, You definitely don't have the option of changing the COPY ! The whole point of using an option like COPY REPLACE is to make temporary/local changes of a permanent source. Which means it should be versatile and flexible. Doing a rigid and limited solution for the need is to missing the point completely. Thomas _____________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist IT Utveckling Swedbank AB (Publ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
