On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:36:15 -0400, Lizette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have about a billion ways - well not quite - to count records in a data set. > I am looking for advice as to what would be the most efficient way to run either under TSO or BATCH. > >We do have FILEAID and a couple of other tools. We are z/OS V1.7. > >I want to just find out the total number of records in a PS file. If I write >a REXX using EXECIO then I run into region size problems if there is a huge number of records. If I write an assembler program, then someone would need to maintain it (I am the only one that does assembler at this shop). So just looking for some additional thoughts as to what I can use to just get a record count. > >We are trying to determine if the space allocation is efficient for these >files. There has been a lot of copying of JCL over the years and we feel that perhaps this is causing some issue because a lot of the files are being resized by DTS Software (DIF and SRS). This we believe is adding to the long run times of these jobs. If the files could be sized better, then perhaps the jobs would not run as long. > >All thoughts and opions are appreciated. > >Lizette I used to have FileAid in a previous life/shop, but not anymore. Best tool I ever did use. Since it's BIG BUCK$, why not make good use of your investment, ay?! Can't think of a better tool for your purposes. THANX, Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
