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Testing Programs Before Marking Them to Prod

After the application is initially marked to prod, you can modify one or more programs in the application.

You can modify the application by first duplicating the programs that require modification to the next version in the development environment and making the necessary changes. When the TEST status programs are ready to test, you can run them with the unchanged PROD status programs by issuing the command:

ASSIGN PROGRAM pgm-name VER test-version

You should then issue the RUN statement for the current production application. (For the command syntax, see the Command Reference Guide.)

After the program is tested with the new TEST versions of the modified programs and the results are correct, you can MARK these programs to Prod status. The current Prod status calling programs are automatically related to the new production versions. No change or recompile is necessary for the calling programs.

When issuing the MARK STATUS command, you can receive the error message IDADXSSP24 “PROD” program in use, please try later. This can happen if the SCOOPTS QCODE parameter is not properly set.