Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread Gary Green
MAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green >> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:53 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: estimating number of records. >> >> If it the file were VSAM, could you not call the CSI to get >> that information, somewhat, directl

Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:53 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: estimating number of records. > > If it the file were VSAM, could you

Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread Gary Green
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Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:02 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: estimating number of records. > > 2008/5/14 Gary Green <[EMAIL

Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread Gary Green
Okay, okay, you found the flaw in my suggestion... grumble, grumble, grumble... ;) On Wed May 14 14:01 , Tony Harminc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >2008/5/14 Gary Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Well, disk datasets should be relatively easy... (if the information is >> returned from the LMDIST

Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread Tony Harminc
2008/5/14 Gary Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well, disk datasets should be relatively easy... (if the information is > returned from the LMDIST call) > > Number of tracks used * % of space used * blocks per track divided by record > length. > > Or am I missing something in the question? RECFM=V ?

Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:49 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: estimating number of records. > > Well, disk datasets should be re

Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread Gary Green
Well, disk datasets should be relatively easy... (if the information is returned from the LMDIST call) Number of tracks used * % of space used * blocks per track divided by record length. Or am I missing something in the question? On Wed May 14 10:31 , 'McKown, John' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent

Re: estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread Big Iron
For DFSORT, there is a documented exit ICETPEX which supplies tape dataset size information to DFSORT. I think that typically the tape management software would include a version of this exit for use by DFSORT. Bill On Wed, 14 May 2008 10:31:11 -0500, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I k

estimating number of records.

2008-05-14 Thread McKown, John
I know that DFSORT and other products can estimate the number of input records, given a disk dataset or even a tape. Is there some GUPI interface where I can get this information myself, easily? Reason: I have a web page which can list datasets. It uses the ISPF LMDLIST function to get the datset