>Most forms of 'data sharing' in the DB2 sense (I don't know about IMS) require >CF structures.
There are two structures IMS must have. One is a VSAM extent map. The second is locks (I think). There are optional ones for shared queues, iirc. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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