>>> On 9/15/2009 at 9:21 AM, in message <listserv%[email protected]>, Erik Janssen <[email protected]> wrote: > We also have 'problems' with the filestatus 97, especiallly in DR. I ended up > > verifying all VSAM datasets with ISMF (it allows for cluster only selection > which is nice if you want to fire a verify ds(/) ) The whole idea of giving > a > filestatus 97 is in my view pointless since any subsequent program gets a 0 > after the file was succesfully verified. So if you happen to have CICS or > some 'I dont care about this sh*t' program opening your dataset first you'll > > never notice it in the program you specifically wrote to deal with the > filestatus > 97. I would be very happy to see a runtime option to prevent the 97...
I have written up but not yet submitted a marketting requirement addressing this. I'd like to run it by other people to see if it meets their requirements as well. If you would like to see it please email me. (I'd post it here but I'm afraid that might annoy people.) Thanks, Frank The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this communication. Thank you. -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

