> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Paul Gilmartin > Skickat: den 24 maj 2006 15:43 > Till: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Ämne: Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3 > > > In a recent note, Thomas Berg said: > > > Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 05:51:41 +0200 > > > > ====== Kirk Talman ====== wrote 2006-05-24 01:40: > > > Call it a design issue. There is no flag in the VTOC > that says if > > > the file has data in it. > > > > Well, even an empty can has a bottom, so why can't a file ? > > > There's DS1LSTAR. But there was a design blunder. It > _should_ have been the behavior ever since release 1 of > OS/360 that any attempt to READ beyond DS1LSTAR should cause > EODAD to be invoked. This test should have been incorporated > in the access method, not left as the responsibility of the > application programmer. >
Yes. There is many inconsistenses/logical fallacys in MVS aka z/OS that generates endless problems. One example is this thread. Either does a dataset exist. Or not. If it exist it should be readable regardless if it is empty or not. _______________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg IT Utveckling FöreningsSparbanken AB (Publ) / SWEDBANK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
