On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:23:17 -0600, Blaicher, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have to ask, WHY? > >Unless you really meant RECFM=FBS. > >No access method I know of cares about short blocks in the middle of the >file. They just deal with it. ... I'm probably way out of date, but I thought IPCS required no short blocks within the data. I assume there are still programs using BDAMish READ processing rather than QSAM GET processing - processing physical blocks rather than logical records. Those programs can certainly be written to handle short blocks, but it's up to the program. The access method won't do it. Have I shown my ignorance again? :-) Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
