File management handling of DDM files

Because of the way data management handles DDM files, you must be careful when specifying a member name on commands. If a member name is specified, data management first searches for a local database file containing the member specified before looking for a DDM file.

For example, assume the following items:

NYCLIB is listed before CUBSLIB in the user's library list. CUBSLIB/CUST021 contains member NO1. The remote file pointed to by the DDM file contains member NO1. If the following override is used on an Override with Database File (OVRDBF) command:

OVRDBF FILE(CUST021) MBR(NO1)

Data management finds the database file CUBSLIB/CUST021 instead of the DDM file NYCLIB/CUST021.

To avoid this, you can do one of the following things: