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Majid Jeddi
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Hi,

I have 2 folders under application one is called Production and one is called developpment.
Under producion i have all the FEX files and the master filed pointing to our poduction sql server database using a prod adapter.
Under Development I have the same FEX files and master files but pointing to our development sql server using a dev adapter.
Since Both Production folder and Development folder are in the apppath, how can I be sure that when running the Fex file under production it will use the maste file from production and no the one undre developement.

Thanks in advance for any explaination.

Majid.

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FortuneCookie
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Generally it uses the one that it finds first.

If you need to be sure you can use something like
WHENCE MASTER
and figure out where it really came from.

Alternatively, if in MR, you can specify the APP Folder that should be used for the Domain. Via Self service you can code IBIAPP_app in the URL
 
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Majid Jeddi
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Hi FortuneCookie,

Thanks for your reply.

I was expecting that it would start with the master files in the application folder from where it was launched.

Majid.


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i think it follows the windows directory convention in that it will search the directories in order- to test this you could temporarily rename your dir 'Aproduction' and see if it finds that one first...


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<JG>
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WebFOCUS always takes the files it requires from the folder highest in the APP PATH
or from BASEAPP if they are there.

A solution is totally based on what sort of WebFOCUS solution you are providing to your users,
MRE/dashboard or canned reporting.

The best solution is to actually have 2 environments however if you can not do that because
of the cost involved.

Then prefix or suffix everything so that they are unique.

e.g. car_prod & car_dev
 
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Francis Mariani
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I have a similar dev/prod environment. I do not put the dev app folder in the app path. In my dev launch programs, I use the APP PREPENDPATH command to add the dev app folder to the front of the app path.


Francis


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Majid Jeddi
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Hi Thanks to All of you.

The solution that close to what i am lokking for is the one of Francis.
I will go ahead with it.

Thanks again to all of you.


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quote:
Originally posted by Francis Mariani:
I have a similar dev/prod environment. I do not put the dev app folder in the app path. In my dev launch programs, I use the APP PREPENDPATH command to add the dev app folder to the front of the app path.

Can this PREPENDPATH be "included" in an FEX so you could have variable paths based on what is in the particular "include" FEX in that domain?


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PREPENDPATH and or APPENDPATH can be in the fex that you are running or if you use individual user profiles in there.
 
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