Under OS/360 the notional, antetypical 'longest' index had the syntax <level1>.<level2>.<level3>.<level4>.<level5>
Then, since <leveli> values could be at most 8 characters in length, 5 x 8 + 4 yielded the maximal character count of 44. The 44-character and 8-character maxima remain; the 5-level maximum does not. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
