I guess I have a basic question - is a return code intended to indicate that success of a process doing what it is supposed to do? Or the meaningfulness of the results of the process to the person who makes uses of the results of the process?
If the former - then should EVERY run of APPLY return a RC=0 unless there is malformed input where SMP/e could NOT do what it is supposed to do (on the assumption of well-formed input) If the latter - then are return codes ever meaningful - every result set should be reviewed with equal diligence without regard to the RC (smp/e can't guess what is acceptable or meaningful to YOU) If seems that in either case - the RC is not as important as the results; does a RC-9 mean that SMP/E did what YOU wanted it to? Or just that the process ended without what SMP/E considers to be problems ... Back to my hole .... Chris Hoelscher Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services Technology Solution Services : humana.com 123 East Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Humana.com (502) 714-8615, (502) 476-2538 ctions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
