Re: oncheck -me
Posted in 2004
Topics: General Discussion
Keith, Thanks for the information. A CDI search on RASHELP did bring up the thread from Oct 2003.
"Dave Griffen" <dgriffen@nospam.finishline.com> wrote in message
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> Keith,
>
> Thanks for the information. A CDI search on RASHELP did bring up the
thread
> from Oct 2003.
>
> From the looks of it, this is still NOT a documented or supported feature.
> The Migration Guide just tells you to use it, none of the guides tell you
> how to use it. The writers of the Migration Guide have probably been
sacked
> for even mentioning it in print.
Most likly...
>
> Dave
>
> "Simmons, Keith" <keith.simmons@office2office.biz> wrote in message
> news:chp6n4$7ck$1@news.xmission.com...
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > oncheck -me was an undocumented and unsupported option intended only> > for use by Tech Support in order to resolve upgrade problems. There
> > were a couple of threads regarding it in Sept/Oct 2003. It also needs
> > RASHELP set souse that to search as well.
> > As it is now documented I assume it must be supported but be careful.
> > Originally the command was not logged, could not be rolled back, was not
> > completed internally and was not completely safe.
> > I have run it in a test environment on data tables, never on system
> > tables and I cannot remember the locking (if any !! ).
> >
> > Keith
> >
>
>
>
"Madison Pruet" <mpruet@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave Griffen" <dgriffen@nospam.finishline.com> wrote in message
> news:chpr4a$ej4$1@news.onecall.net...
> > Keith,
> >
> > Thanks for the information. A CDI search on RASHELP did bring up the
> thread
> > from Oct 2003.
> >
> > From the looks of it, this is still NOT a documented or supported
feature.
> > The Migration Guide just tells you to use it, none of the guides tell
you
> > how to use it. The writers of the Migration Guide have probably been
> sacked
> > for even mentioning it in print.
>
> Most likly...
Or at least the folks that suggested putting in into the docs.... ;-)
>
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > "Simmons, Keith" <keith.simmons@office2office.biz> wrote in message
> > news:chp6n4$7ck$1@news.xmission.com...
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > oncheck -me was an undocumented and unsupported option intended only> > > for use by Tech Support in order to resolve upgrade problems. There
> > > were a couple of threads regarding it in Sept/Oct 2003. It also needs
> > > RASHELP set souse that to search as well.
> > > As it is now documented I assume it must be supported but be careful.
> > > Originally the command was not logged, could not be rolled back, was
not
> > > completed internally and was not completely safe.
> > > I have run it in a test environment on data tables, never on system
> > > tables and I cannot remember the locking (if any !! ).
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>