on 5/18/05 4:50 PM, R.S. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ------------SNIP----------------------
>> A 3000 gross number seems just to way low, IMO. > > The limit is per system. > More exactly: aliases are defined in MCAT, which is one per system. It > is possible to define aliases in UCAT, but these aliases are unusable. > As Larry pointed, number of aliases depends on the length of them. The > shorter aliases the biggest limit. > The limit for single-qualifier aliases is approx. 3200 (I tested it). > > IMHO it is not too much, so - in very large installations - it can be a > constraint. For each installation it is worth to remember, to keep > proper naming convention. > > Just my $0.02 Sounds like a SHARE requirement to me. My memory is dusty... but did this change when it went from VSAM to ICF? Something in the foggy reaches says there either was no limit or we hadn't reached the 3200 in VSAM. I am scratching my memory but I thought we had at least that and probably more going to to a usercat. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
