Hi Dave. I too have an unpleasant taste in my mouth from multi-level aliases. I don't remember a lot of the details, but they were a PITA when I was merging two master catalogs. It didn't help that the shop I was in also made extensive use of dataset aliases, which I detest.
One question for you: why are you considering MLA's? Do you recall reading this in z/OS DFSMS: Managing Catalogs: "... the multilevel alias facility should only be used when a better solution cannot be found. The need for the multilevel alias facility can indicate poor data set naming conventions. Before defining multilevel aliases, review your data set naming conventions." If MLA's will solve a problem for you, great, but I wouldn't do it lightly. Regards, Cathy Taddei On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:10:04 -0400, Jousma, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >All, > >We are evaluating making a change from MLA(1) to MLA(2). I've read >through Managing Catalogs, and there seem to be a few issues that could >present themselves in a MLA environment. I'm looking for some real >world experience, both the good things, and the pitfalls. I'm also >hoping Mark Thomen might chime in. > >I've worked in other environments that had a MLA of 2, and ran into some >issues, and didn't come out with a good taste in my mouth. > >It's Friday, I hope to get some good feedback. > >Thanks, Dave > >________________________________________________________ >Dave Jousma >Principal Systems Programmer >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >616.653.8429 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
