Assuming you can not recompile, and assuming the QSAM buffers are taking a large amount of your region, and assuming your DCBs are not doing LOCATE mode processing...
There are several products on the market that can intercept the OPEN and dynamically place your QSAM/VSAM buffers above the 16mb line. StartTool IOO (Serena Software) comes to mind. Larry Crilley Dino Software, Corp. http://www.dino-software.com/ 412-734-2853. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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