Kbase P16137: Warning about data loss while creating an AS/400 format incremental file
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
10/15/2008 |
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Status: Verified
FACT(s) (Environment):
IBM AS/400 (RISC)
Progress/400 DataServer
Progress 9.1x
SYMPTOM(s):
Warning about data loss while creating an AS/400 format incremental file
The issue happens only with generated incremental file of AS/400 type which modifies the number of fields, field format, etc.
Message received on the client while creating the AS/400 incremental df file: "The incremental definitions file will contain syntax that will cause data to be lost from this file. Do you want to copy and save the file into a new library at load time ?"
CAUSE:
The message is expected since the table needs to be modified/deleted. There will be a DROP (table, field, etc) statement included in the df file.
FIX:
In order to preserve data you should answer YES to this question. The AS/400 format incremental df file will contain syntax to copy the file to a temporary library when the df is loaded.