Thanks Barry for clearing this up. I will remove this FILTLIST as well as review the others which test for TEST.**. Thanks to all for your helpful comments and suggestions. "Schwarz, Barry A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Notice the first entry. Now look at the VOLSER you specified in the JCL. Does that VOLSER match? The % matches the S; the IPL matches the IPL; the * matches the AB. So the VOLSER does match the FILTLIST.
Here is your WHEN clause: WHEN (&ANYVOL = &VOL_NONSMS OR &HLQ = &HLQ_NONSMS) SET &STORCLAS = '' YOU TOLD THE SYSTEM TO MAKE THE DATASET NON-MANAGED. The system did exactly what you told it. What were you expecting? What part of evaluating this caused you confusion? --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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