On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:46:44 -0500, Larry Macioce wrote: >Do know why it would fail all the sudden, but my question is why are you >defining a "dummy" dataset? Why not use a br14 or like(if you have another >exact dataset) ? > Perhaps the OP perceived a need (possibly based on outdated information) to write an EOF at the beginning of a new data set.
Recommending superior techniques is appropriate in this forum. Tech support, however, has a different responsibility: to analyze and repair any reported defect, and never to question the users' choice of method, regardless of however inefficient or bizarre. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html