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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=533095123-22052007>It
appears, that this problem only occurs with Quiz, not QTP.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=533095123-22052007>QTP
overwrites the subfile perfectly fine.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=533095123-22052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=533095123-22052007>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=533095123-22052007>Martijn</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
powerh-l-bounces+martijn.nabben=fairfaxnz.co.nz@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+martijn.nabben=fairfaxnz.co.nz@lists.sowder.com]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Martijn Nabben (Fairfax)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 23 May
2007 11:34 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> 'Joe Boyle';
powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Problem with overwriting
subfile on another Vax node<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=226000523-22052007>Thanks Joe,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=226000523-22052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=226000523-22052007>That
is indeed a work-around we had considered, but it involves quite a few script
changes - not to mention testing and change control. We are aiming to simply
redefine the logical without any software changes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=226000523-22052007>You're correct in saying, that date/time stamping
would not be necessary.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=226000523-22052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=226000523-22052007>If
the PH List is unable to resolve the issue, we will have to go down the path
of deleting the subfile prior to creating it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=226000523-22052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=226000523-22052007>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=226000523-22052007>Martijn</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Joe Boyle
[mailto:atla38@dsl.pipex.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 23 May 2007 11:02
a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> 'Martijn Nabben (Fairfax)';
powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Problem with overwriting
subfile on another Vax node<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A work around might
be to simply run a dcl command like ' delete RPY_DATA:INC-RUNS2*.*;*' as
part of the script.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You can always date
and time stamp the subfile creation name if many processes can be running
against the same subfile at the same time - but this doesn't seem likely
from your description.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
powerh-l-bounces+atla38=dsl.pipex.com@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+atla38=dsl.pipex.com@lists.sowder.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Martijn Nabben (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fairfax</st1:place></st1:City>)<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 22 May 2007 23:21<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
'powerh-l@lists.sowder.com'<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Problem with overwriting
subfile on another Vax node</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are in the process of
migrating a variety of systems from Vax to
Alpha.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The plan is to do a serial
migration of one system after another.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There are online interfaces
between these systems, where a program from the first system reads and
writes subfiles in another system's data
directory.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In order to maintain this
functionality we are currently trying to redefine the logicals to point to
the data directory on the other node. In other words defining logicals on
the Alpha that point to a data directory on the
Vax:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Fixedsys size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Fixedsys">define RPY_DATA
YAK::DKA100:[RPY.WKP.DATA]</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For reading subfiles and writing
brand new subfiles this seems to be working fine, but when overwriting
an existing subfile (using Quiz for instance), the following error
occurs:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Fixedsys size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Fixedsys">> set subfile name
rpy_data:inc-runs2 keep at emp-id<BR>> go<BR>*W* The permanent subfile
RPY_DATA:INC-RUNS2 will be cleared.<BR><FONT color=red><SPAN
style="COLOR: red">*W* Data access error.
(RPY_DATA:INC-RUNS2)<BR>%RMS-F-FTM, network file transfer mode precludes
operation (SQO set)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our Vax Systems guy has checked
all necessary access/privilege settings, but they all seem to be
alright.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Does this ring a bell with
anybody? Please let me know if you need more detailed info, that I haven't
considered as important at this stage.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alpha: OpenVMS V7.3-2
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Vax: OpenVMS
V7.3<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PowerHouse:
7.10G1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Martijn
Nabben<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Fairfax</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Media,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wellington</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">New
Zealand</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>