On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:50:00 -0500, Bruce Hewson wrote: > >One thing you never do with IEPUPDTE input or managed datasets is access >them with any editor that modifies line numbers. > ISPF's numbering facilities can be useful in providing valid numbers for inserted lines.
>Although it can be done, line deletion is a bad choice to make when using >IEPUPDTE. Removal of a line is best made by changing that line to a comment. > >++SRCUPD and ++MACUPD via IEPUPDTE is only usable when the original data >is supplied with line numbers that are "guaranteed" never to be changed. > SuperC can be your friend here by automatically generating IEBUPDTE commands given two versions as input. (But has IBM fixed all the bugs?) I suppose one argument for ISV's updating ++SRC and++MAC by replacement (but with stabilized line numbers) rather than update is that APPLY REDO works poorly with updates (or ZAPs -- BTDT). -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
