How to locate scratch (intermediate) files created by QTP on iSeries (AS/400)

[Daniel Mielke]

Hi Andrew,

 

First let me say how *shocked* I am to see an AS/400 question on the
list.  It has been so long, and sadly a dying breed.

 

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.

 

Is there a failure in your QTP?

 

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Subject: How to locate scratch (intermediate) files created by QTP on
iSeries (AS/400)

 


Hi 

We've received a fix for our "dictionary is locked for update" error but
have been informed it introduces the following error in QTP :- 

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Here is an explanation of the possible scenario which can cause QTP to
abort... 
 
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 
than 16MB then QTP creates a linked list of the UserSpace objects.
However when creating the linked lists it might 
miscalculate when to link two user spaces together.   The miscalculation
would vary depending on the record size and the number of 
records being processed.  For some record sizes the problem would never
occur.   
 
So the problem would arise if 
1.  QTP need to create a scratch file. 
2.  The record size and the number of records cause the miscalculation
to occur. Unfortunately, there are no specific details. 
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Does anybody know how to locate/read the scratch files on iSeries/AS400
so we can analyze the impact of this "feature"? 

Regards 

Andrew Tymm
Senior Analyst/Programmer / DBA 

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