On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 20:01:28 -0400 "Arthur T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> I'd be more worried about the delayed reaction :>problem in a PDSE. Think how hard it might be to figure :>out who deleted a needed member when it actually happens :>three days (or weeks) later (when some STC comes :>down). Same thing would happen with a PDS, except that in a PDS the actual tracks could be overlaid with new data. Of course, this would only be applicable if the long running STC was constantly re-reading the data without intervening OPEN/CLOSEs. :> And, what happens if you try to replace the member :>during that delay? :> Since PDSEs do have built-in integrity protection, :>I'd rather see a bad return code and *no* members deleted :>(if any member is in use) than to never know when the :>operation will actually complete. DISP=OLD. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
