Walt Farrell wrote:
On 5/13/2007 11:39 PM, "Paul
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"@bama.ua.edu wrote:
A few months ago, I asked in this forum whether I could disable "Confirm
Data Set Delete" in my Profile. The modal reaction was, "No! Very Bad
Idea! Extremely Dangerous! We hope IBM never provides such a facility,
even as an option!" (There were a few exceptions of the "not my dog"
genre.) But isn't RECOVERY OFF likewise a dangerous behavior, which
shouldn't be stored in a profile?
In my opinion, no, it's not dangerous or at least not in the same way.
If you delete a data set, it's gone. If you set recovery off, at most
you lose some amount of your time if an error occurs, but you haven't
really lost any data. You can always repeat the work.
Matter of degree, Walt. If you delete a data set you
can also recreate it, to some degree; it just might
take a little longer.
Kind regards,
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