Hi
I posted a problem last week regarding allocating a concatenated dataset a few of you (Seymour,Paul Gilmartin) suggested that when processing the 4,608 VB (huge) files That rather then concatenate them and when I reach the limit deco catenate them I just process on file at a time Alloc Open Read Close Unalloc Well this process is taking forever. I initially ran the program under TEST and it took 3 wall minutes to get to the 58th file I am wondering whether BSAM with above the bar option would be worth the effort if it sped things up Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN