>As I remember things, and it has been a while, the FREEPOOL is not automatically done because it is expensive to get rid of the buffer pool if you are just closing the file to reopen it because then you have to just get the buffers all over.
These days, it's not that expensive. >Clsoing and reopening used to be a common way to get back to the beginning of the file. Doesn't the verb REWIND exist any more? - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
