Fear has nothing to do with it. I was just passing along a recommendation from someone who knows more about the subject than I do. The fact remains that using 0,0 will result in excessive ca splits which will increase the size of Judy's MCDS which is what she was concerned about.
________________________________ From: Ted MacNEIL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 2/7/2007 5:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FIXCDS to delete records from mcds >The folks at Mainstar recommend freespace(50 50) to minimize CI and CA splits. Take a look at the RedBook "VSAM Demystified". Splits are no longer a thing to be afraid of! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

