Whenever I have multiple versions of programs, perhaps because one is the older source, I make sure that the xxx.BP file that it is put into is not a directory. That way the compilation fails. So even if sometime down the road someone does try a mass compile they are less likely to set off a time bomb from the past!
Allen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marilyn Hilb Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 09:43 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] Re-Catalog? At the VAR I worked, this was against the rules of course.. to put a different version of the program with the same name in a different file other than the original.. But a perfect world it is not. We had to deal with existing situations like this. When we did have to re-compile/catalog systems we had a very strict order to do them in so that the 'custom' BP files would go last and the catalog/voc would override the base "BP" one. Recompiling/cataloging is bound to be needed sooner or later with system server moves and/or upgrades of U2 etc. On systems I was particularly paranoid about I would do lists/compares to find the items in multiple BP files and determine manually which one was the current one (and hopefully get the ok to delete/rename the old one). Thanks, Marilyn A. Hilb Value Part, Inc Direct: 847-918-6099 Fax: 847-367-1892 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.valuepart.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] Re-Catalog? Which is exactly why it is a BAD IDEA to allow multiple programs to exist in different code files with the same name, especially in the same account. There would be no way to properly catalog those programs meaning you need to use the RUN command to execute them all the time. The ability is to catalog programs, globally or locally, is a very useful capability. Even a necessary one when you deal with callable subroutines that can reside in different code libraries. Rich Taylor | Senior Programmer/Analyst| VERTIS 250 W. Pratt Street | Baltimore, MD 21201 P 410.361.8688 | F 410.528.0319 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.vertisinc.com Vertis is the premier provider of targeted advertising, media, and marketing services that drive consumers to marketers more effectively. "The more they complicate the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drain" - Montgomery Scott NCC-1701 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [U2] Re-Catalog? In a message dated 2/22/2005 7:00:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > SELECT BP > CATALOG BP LOCAL Danger Will Robinson! Warning! Warning! Do not do this. Stop. No. Baddog. If you have three different programming files like :BP, NEW.BP and VENDOR.BP this will overwrite any same-name items in the VOC. NOT a good idea. trust me ... not that this has screwed me over a few dozen times myself or anything... no .. Will Johnson ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
