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==================================================================== Essential explanations, tools and code for the iSeries programmer. More tips: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid3_tax2f9,00.html ==================================================================== In today's technical advice roundup you'll find tips, expert answers and input from your peers to the following iSeries programmer questions and concerns: Today's Featured Programmer Tip: -- Hey! You've got your test file in my production library 1. Answers to Other Technical Questions: 1. Securing objects in a test system 2. Testing a logical from within a CL program 3. Using CHGPF to handle file changes with ease 4. What do these access path terms mean? 2. 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For more information, or to sign up for your free test drive, click on the link below: http://search400.com/r/0,,6816,00.htm?teamstudio ==================================================================== Today's Featured Tip ==================================================================== Hey! You've got your test file in my production library If you've ever had to set up a test system on the same box as you production system, you've probably experienced one of the following situations with logical files: * A logical file built over a test system somehow makes it into a production library * A logical file built over a production library makes in into a test library * A programmer has a long forgotten logical built in a separate library Especially in the case of the first two situations, those can cause some real problems and become a serious challenge to track down. In this tip Search400.com expert Tim Granatir gives you a couple simple utilities that were built to identify just such problems -- and eliminate aggravation you might experience down the road. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci858379,00.html ==================================================================== Answers to Other Programmer Questions ==================================================================== 1. Securing objects in a test system A user is creating a test environment that mirrors one of the production 400's. In the testing environment, a base copy of every object must be contained in a protected area of the system. This will then be used as a form of "baseline" to continuously create test subsets on the fly. Many of the objects on the production system are restricted through the use of auth lists. He asks, "Once we migrate all necessary objects to the test machine what will be the impact on the use of these objects if the affiliated authorization lists are not present?" Security expert Dan Riehl responds. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid489393_tax288767,00.html 2. Testing a logical from within a CL program Is there a way to test a logical from within a CL program to see if it is currently being rebuilt? Site expert Pascal Jacquemain explains one way to do it. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid387255_tax285217,00.html 3. Using CHGPF to handle file changes with ease Follow the steps detailed in this tip when the structure of a physical file changes and you need to recompile. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci516169,00.html 4. What do these access path terms mean? One user writes, "The terms access paths, file indexes, and logical files are thrown around a lot and sometimes used interchangeably. What is the difference, and what exactly does each refer to in OS/400?" Application development expert John Brandt helps to eliminate the confusion of the above terms with a simple explanation. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid457903_tax285217,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LIVE WEBCAST | Using Linux on the iSeries Who: Craig E. Johnson, iSeries Server Consolidation Product Marketing Manager, IBM Server Group When: Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. EDT (18:00 GMT) What are the benefits of using a Linux operating system? How does it compare to Windows or other Unix systems? Get questions answered in a live discussion with Linux & iSeries expert Craig E. 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