On Apr 23, 2007, at 7:08 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
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I understand. Let me try to rescue my proposal:
Allow the RMS-wary programmer to enter a shorter string as the
volser, which
the system or application would pad on the right with blanks to the
full
allowed length. This is similar to the way data set names are handled
now.
I have heard no complaint that the 44-character z/OS limit on data
set names
is inconveniently large and should be decreased.
A long time ago (30+ years) I worked at a bank where the used a *LOT*
(read most) of dsns that were 43 or 44 characters in length. If you
understood the naming convention it did make sense *BUT* there were
quite a few JCL errors (DSN not found) just the same. The issue came
to a head when the asked me to scan SMF to find out how many. I told
them that all SMF told me was a JCL error not which type.
Ed
I might, though, need to take refuge from tape management systems
developers
armed with torches and pitchforks.
-- gil
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