>Let's just KISS: increase the allowable string length to 256. Sorry Skip, but it's too short. I want 16 exabytes. Pass all of the data needed for the job via PARM=. This facility should fully support zArchitecture. With outsourced labor on should be able to key in the data cost effectively. I also want support for binary, packed decimal, Unicode, etc. ;-)
>But let's be careful about over-architecting a solution Seriously, we're talking about a parameter. I agree that 256 bytes ought to be sufficient. Bob Shannon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

