Because some program only accepts V(B) data? Because of input dataset concatenation or output DISP=MOD issues? As a test to see if some program handles VB correctly?
I can think of lots of good reasons. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Woodger Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 5:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IEBGENER REblock FB--VB If, with EXEC PGM=IEBGENER, your SORT product is used, you will see ICE or WER message prefixes (preficies?). You want to copy an FB to a VB, with no further changes? Why? The point of variable-length records is that they are... variable in length? All yours are going to have the same length, four bytes longer than the original. Unless they had an inefficient blocking-factor originally, all you've really done is increase the overhead in processing logical records. Why do you want a VB data set with all the records the same length? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
