On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 10:11 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > 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 Perhaps the OP perceived a need (possibly based on outdated information) 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 >
Do you mean IBN's Tech Support, or a company's? I ask because one of my duties in Tech Support is to question why something is "done that way". And suggest / recommend possible, more efficient, alternatives. -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
