What is the reason for defining a catalog alias? I think I understand the technical effect but I don't understand the big picture purpose.
Suppose I wanted to define and catalog some new datasets FOO.THIS and FOO.THAT. Why would I issue something like DEFINE ALIAS (NAME(FOO ) RELATE(SOME.CATALOG)) I understand the "little picture" reason: to specify FOO as an alias for SOME.CATALOG but big picture, why would I not just create and catalog FOO.THIS and FOO.THAT using JCL? What is the advantage of or reason for defining the alias? Is there an overview somewhere of catalogs and catalog management? Thanks for your patience with an incredibly elementary question. Charles Mills ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
