On 30 Oct 2007 08:47:17 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GAVIN Darren * OPS EAS) wrote:
>Actually that can be done already, on FB files one can read in the >entire block into a program, by using the block size as the record >length. However Cobol LE forces DCB matching, so not sure how that gets >turned off to allow for it. > >As to the BLKSIZE and LRECL parameters being archaic, they really are >not obsolete. I love "BLOCK CONTAINS 0" as an attempt to solve this problem. >They are there for efficiency reasons. This kind of efficiency should not be in programs nor even jobs anymore. Switching a file from one disk to another with a different format should not require any JCL change as the OS picked the best blocksize at the new location. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
