As the dataset is a PDS(E), how can You analyze it ? As I understand, the internal structure of PDS(E) is more or less a secret. (?) And as I can read these members through my program without problems - combined with the (assumed by me) fact that PDS(E)s structure should be completely independent of the data, I'm leaning towards a "bug" in the ISPF BROWSE/VIEW/EDIT function. Has anyone experienced anything similar ?
Regards, Thomas Berg _________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist A M SWEDBANK > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För > Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) > Skickat: den 19 augusti 2011 08:16 > Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Ämne: Re: PDS(E) "invalid" membernames give suprising behaviour in ISPF > Data Set List Utility (BROWSE) > > May be a shot into the dark, but.... what if the the first member > looks like it was a PDS. You surely can't nest PDSs off the shelf. > But you said the program was playing around. What if it writes > blocks looking like a PDS directory followed by a member data block. > > I do not know how ISPF's "B"rowse option decides whether the data > is a PDS or a sequentual data set and whether it can be fooled. > > Try to dump the dataset and analyse its content. > > -- > Peter Hunkeler > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
