There are certain considerations when you open DDM
files and specify *LIBL for the library.
- The server first searches the library list for a local database file with
the specified member. Even if the local database file is located in a library
later in your library list than the library containing the DDM file, the local
database file containing the specified member is used.
Therefore, if you
want to open a DDM file using *LIBL, you must ensure that there are no local
database files with the same name, and that contain the specified member,
anywhere in your library list.
- If the server does not locate a local database file with the specified
member, it searches the library list for the first file that has the specified
name. If this file is not of the proper type, or if it does not contain the
specified member, an open failure occurs.
Therefore, if you want to open
a DDM file using *LIBL, you must ensure that the DDM file you want to open
is the first file in your library list with the specified name.