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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Andrew,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>First let me say how *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>shocked</span></b>* I am to see an AS/400 question on
the list. It has been so long, and sadly a dying breed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would venture that the UserSpace objects
get created in QTEMP. So, if you’re running your QTP interactively,
you might be able to view them. Now, viewing UserSpace objects is not as
easy as DSPPFM (Display Physical File Member);you’ll have to use an API
to do that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Is there a failure in your QTP?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> powerh-l-bounces+dmielke=aic.com@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+dmielke=aic.com@lists.sowder.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Andrew.Tymm@computacenter.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 13, 2007
11:18 AM<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> How to locate scratch (intermediate)
files created by QTP on iSeries (AS/400)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Hi</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>We've
received a fix for our "dictionary is locked for update" error but
have been informed it introduces the following error in QTP :-</span></font> <br>
<br>
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<br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>Here is an explanation of the possible scenario which can
cause QTP to abort...</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'><br>
When QTP creates a scratch file it creates a series of UserSpace objects which
have a limit of 16MB. If the scratch file is larger <br>
than 16MB then QTP creates a linked list of the UserSpace objects.
However when creating the linked lists it might <br>
miscalculate when to link two user spaces together. The miscalculation
would vary depending on the record size and the number of <br>
records being processed. For some record sizes the problem would never
occur. </span></font> <br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'><br>
So the problem would arise if <br>
1. QTP need to create a scratch file.</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><br>
2. The record size and the number of records cause the miscalculation to
occur. Unfortunately, there are no specific details.</span></font> <br>
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<br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Does
anybody know how to locate/read the scratch files on iSeries/AS400 so we can
analyze the impact of this "feature"?</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face="AR Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"AR Sans Serif"'>Regards </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Andrew Tymm<br>
Senior Analyst/Programmer / DBA</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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