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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>They are usually associated with variables
like qtpscr or qtpsort, and often placed in the phtemp var location on Unix,
but not sure about as400. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+atla38=dsl.pipex.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> 13 June 2007 16:18<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><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></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>
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<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>
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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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<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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