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Subject: Re: Can I override record definition twice in an IOC
From: Ralph Lange <[email protected]>
To: EPICS Tech-Talk <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 14:20:40 +0100
That is correct.

However:
You shouldn't change the type of the record when overloading it. Changing DTYP will work in newer versions of Base, and cause trouble in older ones.

Also be careful about where things are being loaded. If you change your setup and split a database onto two IOCs without splitting the overloading DBs correctly, the once overloaded single record will be created as two records on the two IOCs, with an identical name and some of the intended fields in each of the instances. Interesting to debug.

The general behavior is documented (AppDevGuide: 6.3.8 "Multiple Definitions" inside 6.3 "General Rules for Database Definition"), so it won't be changed or completely go away without good reason and proper notification.

Cheers,
~Ralph


On 08/01/2016 13:55, bob dalesio wrote:
If you are loading multiple instances of the same record into the same IOC, the second one will just overwrite the fields that were defined in the first one to be loaded, with those that are defined in the second instance. 

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 7:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
I have implemented a record in two separate files which I then use substitutions to combine into a single db file. I am unsure I am allowed to do this after talking to a colleague; he is worried that this will create 2 PVs with identical names. My DB file contains (after make):


record(ai, "NAME") {
  field(DESC, "A PV")
  field(EGU, "Gauss")
}

...

record(ai, "NAME") {
  field(FLNK, "ANOTHER_RECORD")
}

Does this do what I am expecting, which is to create a single PV:


record(ai, "NAME") {
  field(DESC, "A PV")
  field(EGU, "Gauss")
  field(FLNK, "ANOTHER_RECORD")
}

Thank you.

John
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