In a message dated 7/1/2005 9:14:35 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>First feed the DSName into a LOCATE macro, and out comes the >volser(s). Can he get rid of the dynamic allocation he's doing, or does he need it to retrieve potentially migrated data sets? He might need to do a LOCATE, check for MIGRAT and allocate it if migrated. In the latter case, a RDJFCB would be faster than a second LOCATE. BTSOOM. I was answering the second round of technical questions engendered by the answer to his first question without any thought to the repercussions. This cycle happens over and over again when we offer solutions to tech questions, since we don't know everything in the OP's mind, what his background is, or often what his real needs are. No matter what one wants to do or asks about, there is very often more than one way to do it, and also unanticipated consequences for doing it each particular way. Judging from the two questions asked so far on OBTAIN, I would surmise that the OP is a systems services neophyte and will have many more questions and problems in completing his ALC program and making it operationally friendly. Bill Fairchild ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
