>I'm with John here. Do code the DISP parameter. I especially recommend this to newcomers.
>The temporary work file cases you mention are surely candidates >for exception but aren't they often (mostly?) coded within >PROCs? And obsolete in many cases anyway. What difference would it make if they occur in a PROC? They are hardly exceptions since they occur regularly (consider SMP/E and utilities). Why would you encourage newcomers to code a useless parameter under those circumstances? The default of NEW,DELETE,DELETE precludes it ever being referenced again, even in a subsequent step. Why would you code a disposition, or even a data set name for such a file? It quite clearly is a work file. Whether you consider them obsolete or not doesn't really matter, since a DISP parameter is required if you actually intend to keep the data set anyway (even temporarily), so leaving it off isn't really an option except in the case outlined. Regards Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
