>I would >be better off making BBB the primary name and making AAA an alias, would I >not, rather than the other way around?
If both AAA (the alias) and BBB (the primary) will be LOADed, then yes it would be better to load the alias first. But not by much. If you load AAA first, then the system -- Looks to see if AAA is already loaded (not) -- Retrieves the directory entry for AAA -- Sees that AAA is an alias of BBB -- Looks to see if BBB is already loaded (not) -- Retrieves the directory entry for BBB -- Fetches BBB -- (at some point earlier) builds CDEs for AAA and BBB -- returns info about AAA -- When you load BBB, finds a CDE for BBB, returns that info If you load BBB first, then the system -- Looks to see if BBB is already loaded (not) -- Retrieves the directory entry for BBB -- Fetches BBB -- Builds CDE for BBB, returns that info -- When you load AAA, looks if AAA is already loaded (not) -- Retrieves the directory entry for AAA -- Sees that AAA is an alias of BBB -- Looks to see if BBB is already loaded (it is) -- builds CDE for AAA tied to BBB, returns that info But if you end up loading only AAA, then you would have been better off if AAA was the primary. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
