John,
1) If you code VOL=SER=1234,UNIT=xxxx does that mean it is leading blanks or trailing blanks? In either case, CA 1 will support both 4-character volsers and 5-character volsers. 2) Boy, when was the last time you worked with CA 1? Must have been about 15 years ago if you don't know about TMSXTEND. We eliminated the need (in most cases) for the alpha/numeric volser translation exits a long time ago. Of course there are some exceptions we haven't done yet, the 0000NT-9999NT and the 00AAAA-00ZZZZ (base 26) that IBM Europe likes to play with. And we have seen 1 request for 000000-00ZZZZ (base 36) and even 1 request for 000000-00FFFF (base 16). But as long as the Alpha's are on the left and numerics on the right; no exit is needed. Russell Witt CA 1 Principal Architect On 03/14/14, John McKown<john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: There is a thread over on TSO-REXX about splitting up a "string" into "volume serials". This has occasioned two questions to me. 1) Has anybody ever had a VOLSER which was not exactly 6 non-blank characters for a regularly used volume? Especially any trailing blanks? 2) Has any commercial shop ever used non-numeric tape volume serials for normal in-house tapes? If so, why? I ask because, at least historically, CA-1's support of non-number tape serials was "difficult" (needed some sort of mapping exit as I recall). Just curious. -- There is nothing more pleasant than traveling and meeting new people! Genghis Khan Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
