> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Comstock
>
> McKown, John wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion ListOn Behalf Of Gibney, Dave
> >>
> >> Aside from the fact that you might be improving their code :)
> >>
> >> I thought you engaged in the splitting exercise to separate
> >> Production from Development. If so, why is a "Production" file
being
> >> shared at all.
> >> Make them make a copy.
> >
> > I totally agree with that idea. But I have been shot down many
times.
> > They feel that the absolutely MUST read the actual Production file.
> > What they do, at times, is run a test job under their ID to extract
> > production data. Once they have it working in test, then they create
a
> > "production special" job to actually extract the data to a
production
> > file for some other processing. But they don't want to test their
code
> > against the test data, they test against the production data. I
guess
> > so that they can be sure that it will actually run when presented
with
> > the data in the production file.
> >
> > Another reason is that management is not being "penny foolish" and
> > demanding that any DASD allocations be justified. It is difficult to
> > justify making a copy of production data for testing when the actual
> > production data can be used instead. At least from what I
understand.
> > Again, I disagree with this philosophy. But I'm just a grunt.
>
> Hmmmm. Memo to self: find out if healthmarkets is used by my
> insurer. If so, change insurers.
Indeed! One can only wonder how such a schema could pass a HIPAA audit.
-jc-
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