Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-09 Thread Mark Thomen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... In a recent note, Mark Thomen said: Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:13:52 -0800 Will it continue to allow invalid data set names to be deleted/uncatalogued even when syntax checking is enabled? No - if an invalid data

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-09 Thread Leonard Woren
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 12:13:52PM -0800, Mark Thomen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snip] Will it continue to allow invalid data set names to be deleted/uncatalogued even when syntax checking is enabled? No - if an invalid data set name is in a catalog, you'll have to use other methods to

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-09 Thread Leonard Woren
On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 08:37:14AM -0800, Mark Thomen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: However, we recognized the problem a few years ago (because of a particular product that was creating invalid names) and that's why we added the support to Catalog to prevent invalid data set names from being

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-09 Thread Mark Thomen
Leonard Woren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 12:13:52PM -0800, Mark Thomen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snip] Will it continue to allow invalid data set names to be deleted/uncatalogued even when syntax checking is enabled? No - if

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Leonard Woren said: Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:42:30 -0800 On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 08:37:14AM -0800, Mark Thomen ([log in to unmask]) wrote: However, we recognized the problem a few years ago (because of a particular product that was creating invalid names) and

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-06 Thread Bruce Black
The semantics confuses me. Why was anything ever permitted but deemed invalid? read that as not conforming to documented syntax rules for cataloged datasets. Back in the days of CVOL catalogs, the rules were enforced almost by default, since a CVOL is a hierarchical structure, where each

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Bruce Black said: Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:04:44 -0500 Back in the days of CVOL catalogs, the rules were enforced almost by default, since a CVOL is a hierarchical structure, where each level in the hierarchy corresponds to one index level in the dataset name (thus

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-06 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
Bruce Black wrote: Back in the days of CVOL catalogs, the rules were enforced almost by default, since a CVOL is a hierarchical structure, where each level in the hierarchy corresponds to one index level in the dataset name (thus the name index level). The max size of each level was 8

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Gilbert Saint-Flour said: Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:48:07 -0500 If I'm not mistaken, CVAF seems to behave similarly when the VTOC is indexed. You can allocate a data set with any dsname you want on a DASD volume that doesn't have an indexed VTOC, but when there's

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-06 Thread R.S.
Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote: Bruce Black wrote: Back in the days of CVOL catalogs, the rules were enforced almost by default, since a CVOL is a hierarchical structure, where each level in the hierarchy corresponds to one index level in the dataset name (thus the name index level). The max

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-06 Thread Bruce Black
That strikes me as a foolish decision, imposing unnecessary constraints on the customer. Was there any rationale for it other than developer laziness? Boy, Gil, you sure know how to make friends. Remember that Mark is the developer (or at least the architect). -- Bruce A. Black Senior

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-06 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 09:18 -0700 on 01/06/2006, Paul Gilmartin wrote about Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog: Did CVOL ever impose a five-level limit, or was this an urban legend? It had a 22 level limit - 21 single character levels, one 1 or 2 character level, plus 21 inter-level periods for a total file name

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-05 Thread Mark Thomen
Shmuel Metz , Seymour J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/03/2006 at 11:26 AM, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Something builds it. Are you sure about that? Have you seen an SIOT for a dynamically allocated data set?

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-05 Thread Mark Thomen
Shmuel Metz , Seymour J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/03/2006 at 11:26 AM, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Something builds it. Are you sure about that? Have you seen an SIOT for a dynamically allocated data set? Oh -

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Mark Thomen said: Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:27:01 -0800 Oh - and I forgot to mention: syntax checking is automatically enabled beginning in HDZ11G0 (z/os 1.3), unless the installation disables it. So no invalid data set names should get cataloged. Will it

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-04 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:16:39 -0500 Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/03/2006 : at 11:26 AM, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: :Something builds it. :Are you sure about that? Have you seen an SIOT for a dynamically :allocated data set? I have

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-04 Thread Wayne Driscoll
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/03/2006 at 11:26 AM, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Something builds it. Are you sure about that? Have you seen

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-03 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:35:37 -0500 Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/30/2005 : at 11:35 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: :Is there, then, no SIOT for dynamically allocated data sets? :Not that I'm aware of; I believe that the relevant data

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2006-01-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/30/2005 at 11:35 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Is there, then, no SIOT for dynamically allocated data sets? Not that I'm aware of; I believe that the relevant data are in the DSAB. Does SVC 99 at some point invoke Interpreter code to construct a

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-30 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/29/2005 at 01:57 PM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Are you saying, then, that unlike Assembler and the TSO parse utility, both of which remove quotes, the JCL C/I passes them on to the Allocation component which sets the SIOTDSQU bit and removes the quotes?

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Chase, John wrote: Doing some year-end cleanup and encountered a catalog entry for a non-existent dataset: HLQ.MLQ.LLQ(0) (yes, the parentheses were part of the DSN). While I was able to delete the

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Bruce Black
Apparently not via IDCAMS DEFINE I thought that you might be able to do it in JCL, putting the dsname in quotes, e.g., //STEP1EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //TEST DD DSN='BAB.TEST.TEST(0)',UNIT=SYSALLDA, // SPACE=(TRK,1),DISP=(,CATLG),VOL=SER=SH20C0

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Bruce Black said: Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:52:05 -0500 However, I know from experience that names which do not conform to the normal naming convention can be cataloged using the CATALOG/CAMLST macros in an assembler program. ... It's a blunder in design

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
//STEP1EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //TEST DD DSN='BAB.TEST.TEST (0)',UNIT=SYSALLDA, // SPACE=(TRK,1),DISP= (,CATLG),VOL=SER=SH20C0 NAMED IN QUOTES, IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE SMS- MANAGED -teD Me? A skeptic? I trust you have proof!

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Bruce Black
NAMED IN QUOTES, IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE SMS- MANAGED Yes, that is what you get if the dataset is SMS-managed. In my example, it was not SMS. Of course, that is a function of local ACS routines, etc. -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Ted MacNEIL said: Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:12:42 -0500 Hmmm. I notice your timestamp is no longer flashing midnight like a lobotomized VCR. Hasn't been since Nov. 10. //STEP1EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //TEST DD DSN='BAB.TEST.TEST (0)',UNIT=SYSALLDA, //

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Wayne Driscoll
29, 2005 2:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog In a recent note, Dan said: Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:45:41 -0500 The SIOT contains a Quoted Data Set Indicator, SIOTDSQU... change id JBB2223 93/05/13. It's been around a while. And how does this get set

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Binyamin Dissen said: Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:12:47 +0200 : 10.39.42 JOB08819 IEF452I SMSNAME - JOB NOT RUN - JCL ERROR :But how does SMS know the JCL text contained quotes? Doesn't :the JCL converter strip them off and use only the interior content :as the

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:43:06 -0700 Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :In a recent note, Binyamin Dissen said: : Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:12:47 +0200 : : 10.39.42 JOB08819 IEF452I SMSNAME - JOB NOT RUN - JCL ERROR : :But how does SMS know the JCL text contained quotes?

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Wayne Driscoll said: Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:32:35 -0600 The first form, is clearly NOT quoted, and never appears to be. In order for it to be quoted, the quotes would have to be the data area passed to SVC 99, ie. DSNAMEDCCL44'''MY.DATA.SET''' In

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:52:32 +0200, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to see the JCL and SYSMSGS from that job. (sent privately) -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-29 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:04:58 -0600 Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:52:32 +0200, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :I would like to see the JCL and SYSMSGS from that job. Interesting. I tested with a single index, 'ABC*DEF', which caused the mount

Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-28 Thread Chase, John
Hi, All, Doing some year-end cleanup and encountered a catalog entry for a non-existent dataset: HLQ.MLQ.LLQ(0) (yes, the parentheses were part of the DSN). While I was able to delete the entry by specifying HLQ.MLQ.* for the entryname in the IDCAMS DELETE NOSCRATCH command, I'm curious how

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-28 Thread R.S.
Chase, John wrote: Hi, All, Doing some year-end cleanup and encountered a catalog entry for a non-existent dataset: HLQ.MLQ.LLQ(0) (yes, the parentheses were part of the DSN). While I was able to delete the entry by specifying HLQ.MLQ.* for the entryname in the IDCAMS DELETE NOSCRATCH

Re: Invalid DSN in Catalog

2005-12-28 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
R.S. wrote: Someone provided DSN in apostrophes. Been there, seen that, even 9+ character qualifiers. |Command - Enter / to select action Message Volume | Tracks % XT Device Dsorg Recfm Lrecl Blksz CreatedExpires Referred