Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:52:46 -0400, John Eells wrote:
From the URL you cited yesterday:
Linkname: IBM Enhanced HOLDDATA for z/OS and OS/390
URL: http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html
...
It's much simpler to follow Mark's suggestion. Always get the whole
thing--that is, always get the full.txt file. It's just not that much
data (about 2.2M untersed), and it relieves you of having to figure out
when you got it last as long as you get it more often than once every
731 days.
You can also use RECEIVE ORDER if your z/OS system can connect to IBM,
so you single-source your PTFs and HOLDDATA and get them both in one shot.
I cited an unreliable source?
<snip>
No. The source is fine. But if you always use the full file you have
less work to do, better reuse of work you did before, and less
opportunity for error. At some point the urge to twiddle ("Hey! I can
do this with less data transfer time!") should be overcome by common
sense ("I can write this procedure sot it has a minimum number of steps
and reuse it without thought.")
--
John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
[email protected]
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