DCB attributes in the DTACLAS never override the JCL or existing Dataset attributes. The DATACLAS is there to fill in the blanks.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Using DATACLASS > > On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:17:23 +0200, Miklos Szigetvari wrote: > > > >I need to open with recfm=*, i.e keep the existing attributes. > >If I preallocate "by hand" the DCB will be the values I defined in the > DATACLASS. > >I think also this is an error, as I have no option to let the SMS work > > > I'm astonished. Do you mean that if you have an existing data set > with attributes defined in the DSCB, and allocate it with JCL > DISP=MOD omitting DCB attributes, that the DATACLASS attributes will > override those in the data set label, likely resulting in an > unreadable data set? > > -- gil > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
