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Hi All,<br />
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I'm assisting a friend in changing the field length in an existing physical file on an AS/400,iSeries. &nbsp;We are trying to understand two things:<br />
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1. What is the best way of going about this.<br />
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2. What is the best way of updating all supporting programs which use the PF or LF. &nbsp;<br />
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Attached is a document we received from a guy who responded to our post on an IBM website. &nbsp;This has been helpful; however, there are hundreds of programs that reference that PF that we are changing. &nbsp;<br />
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If anyone can shed some light on a more effective way of making these changes, it would be greatly appreciated.<br />
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Thank you.<br />
<br />
-Anthony
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Hi All,

I'm assisting a friend in changing the field length in an existing physical file on an AS/400,iSeries.  We are trying to understand two things:

1. What is the best way of going about this.

2. What is the best way of updating all supporting programs which use the PF or LF.  

Attached is a document we received from a guy who responded to our post on an IBM website.  This has been helpful; however, there are hundreds of programs that reference that PF that we are changing.  

If anyone can shed some light on a more effective way of making these changes, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

-Anthony

How do I expand a field length in an existing physical file and update all supporting programs reference that field/file?

IBM i, formerly known as AS/400, is a proprietary, midrange, object-based operating and application system. It includes a relational database, a menu-driven interface, support for multiple users, block-oriented terminal support and printers, and supports security, communications, and web-based application servers including Websphere, Apache and Tomcat.