> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelman, Tom > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 1:18 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: CA-TopSecret SP1 (and above) CICS SIGNON Problem > > > We were informed by CA that the problem has to do with some algorithm > they use to "compress" the last date accessed. It is date specific. > They next time it would occur if not fixed is January 6, 2007. Wasn't > the "compression" of dates what got us all into trouble with Y2K. Why > in the world are they doing that? > > Tom Kelman > Commerce Bank of Kansas City > (816) 760-7632
The usual cannot-learn-from-the-past reason. Compression costs ongoing CPU, which is now generally more expensive than memory. But there is still some resistance to "wasting" memory and/or DASD space. It made sense in the past. It is senseless now. BTW - somewhat on the same page, why should anybody use any kind of compression which uses CPU today? I.e. why do people use DFSMS compression or some other OEM compression such as BMC's Data Accelerator? We use the latter, but mainly because we needed to store more records within the then-existant 4GiB barrier on VSAM. Unfortunately, the then-management then mandated using it on most everything in order to defer a DASD upgrade. Now, we are stuck with it and it is becoming an administrative nightmare. We "compress" files which then get messages about the files not being compressable because there exists an alternate index field towards the end of the record. Sheesh. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
