Charles -- As an aside for you and maybe others. Most SYSPROGS will install a product that contains the VERSION/RELEASE level mostly to know what we have. Once we are done testing and over a weekend we will delete the COMMON name and do a define Alias that has the COMMON name pointing to the ACTUAL DSN that contains VERSION/RELEASE name As Lizette showed you.
Steve -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 5:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Elementary dataset alias question Yes, you can use the RELATE function of DEFINE (I may have the fields backward, if so - sorry) DEFINE ALIAS (NAME(JOEBLOW.FOOBAR) RELATE(SYS1.FOOBAR)) However, make sure the security is setup for people to access JOEBLOW.FOOBAR and SYS1.FOOBAR the same way. You can also look at SYMBOLICRELATE DEFINE ALIAS (NAME(SYS1.FOOBAR) - SYMBOLICRELATE('JOEBLOW.FOOBAR')) However, when a data set ALIAS of NON VSAM is created using DEFINE ALIAS SYMBOLICRELATE and when a DELETE is done against the REAL data set, the data set alias created using SYMBOLICRELATE is not deleted. This is because the entry is not associated with any real data sets and it is only a catalog entry. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 3:35 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Elementary dataset alias question > > I'm a coder -- I barely know how to spell catalog -- but there are > those of you on this list who have forgotten more about catalogs than I will ever know. > > Here's the question. (And like all these things, there is a long story > reason why doing things this way seems to make sense.) > > SYS1.FOOBAR is a dataset cataloged in the master catalog. It's not > "real special" like SYS1.LINKLIB or anything. It's an SMP/E-managed > IBM product library. I don't think it is APF-authorized. I think it is > linklisted if that makes a difference. > > JOEBLOW is an ordinary userid. > > Is it possible to create a catalog entry such that JOEBLOW.MY.FOO.BAR > is an alias for SYS1.FOOBAR and batch DD references to > JOEBLOW.MY.FOO.BAR will actually allocate SYS1.FOOBAR? > > It seems to me it should be possible but people who know more about > these things than I do tell me it is not possible. If it is possible, > can you give me a couple of clues or pointers I could pass on to the relevant catalogers? > > Environment z/OS V2R1 if it matters. > > Thanks, > > Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
