You could adapt the technique described at http://members.tripod.com/billlalonde/back/mvsh006.htm If you change the selection to: INCLUDE COND=(18,6,CH,EQ,C'W32759') then I think that it should find any superceding APAR for OW32759 (for example).
Sorry about the annoying pop-ups if you have scripting enabled; it's a free site. Bill On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:37:54 -0800, Skip Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >That's how I do it all the time. As far as I know, first position 'A' >always works. > >Note, however, that this technique is good only for APPLied sysmods. Or >ACCEPTed if you looking at the DLIB zone. If a PTF is only in RECEIVE >status, then there's no alternative to looking by PTF in the GLOBAL zone >for each level. > >. >. >JO.Skip Robinson >Southern California Edison Company >SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager >626-302-7535 Office >323-715-0595 Mobile >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 03/01/2006 >11:53:19 AM: > >> You can look APARs up by using a substitution letter for the first >> character. Try using "A" first, as in AA10234. If you have the APAR >on, it >> should show as SUP'd, with a pointer to the PTF. >> >> I asked IBM for over 20 years, then found the answer in an old IBM- >> MAIN posting. >> >> On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:03:55 -0800, Howard Rifkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> >> >Thanks Kevin... >> > >> >"Neubert, Kevin (DIS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: By PTF. For example, >> APAR PQ92344 for FMID EDU1H01 is UQ91568. >> > >> >Regards, >> > >> >Kevin >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf >> >Of Howard Rifkind >> >Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:52 AM >> >To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >> >Subject: SMPE Question >> > >> >I'm looking for the following APARS in the SMP Global zone. >> > >> >PQ92344 & OA14861 >> > >> >Can I find these by doing a cross zone query or do I need to first do a >> >search for the associated PTF numbers on say IBMLINK? >> > >> >Thanks. >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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