That's what makes the main difference between STCK and STCKE [aside from better precision].
Having the LPAR-Id in STCKE format guarantees its uniqueness within the SYSPLEX. Before using this simple schema of STCK+LPAR-Id we had to handle VSAM key duplicates [by re-trying STCK until the key was unique]. While the code is still there [just to cover for unexpected] it never gets executed as we no longer generate any dups On 2015-11-17, at 08:21, Victor Gil wrote: > I guess you missed the whole point of not calling a supplied callable service > ... > > Regarding STCKF - this is indeed a great tip and I'd probably consider using > it except we have to use STCK anyway [along with the LPAR id extracted once > from the STCKE output] to guarantee VSAM key uniqueness within the SYSPLEX > Does STCK guarantee uniqueness between processors within an LPAR, but not between LPARs? -- gil
