All you RSE (a.k.a., RDi, RDP, WDSC) users out there: Do you prefer templates or snippets?

For some of you, the response may be “What’s a Template?” Or “What’s a Snippet?” For those readers, I’ll direct you to first learn more about the basics of both topics via earlier tips from Paul Tuohy, when he wrote about creating templates and creating snippets. If your answer to my original question about templates vs. snippets is “Yes” (meaning you like both), perhaps you don’t need to read the rest of this tip.

As with several capabilities of the Rational toolset, these

I’m sure that you, the professional that you are, are expert in the process of editing numbers. Unlike me, you may even have memorized the edit codes we often use in RPG and DDS source code. Editing is important because it makes life easier for the folks who use the software we produce. But do you know how to de-edit?

These days data comes from many sources, and the people who send us this data (or from whom we glean it) don’t always give it to us in tidy packages. Converting such data to a usable format can be challenging,

I’m trying to run this Reorganize Physical File (RGZPFM) command to reorganize one of my files while it’s active:

RGZPFM FILE(lib_name/file_name) MBR(member_name)  
RBDACCPTH(*OPTIMIZE) ALWCANCEL(*YES)  LOCK(*SHRUPD)

But I keep getting this CPF3135 error:

CPF3135 - Access path for member &2 already in use.

This is not what I anticipated. Am I doing something wrong?

–Alan

My guess is that your RGZPFM command will complete correctly if you run the command using these parameters:

RGZPFM FILE(lib_name/file_name) MBR(member_name)
 RBDACCPTH(*NO) ALWCANCEL(*YES) LOCK(*SHRUPD)

The difference between this command and your command is that the Rebuild Access Paths