In a message dated 8/23/2007 2:37:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >(You do not have to be concerned about null segments unless you have created a data set using null segments.) I think a better way to say that is this: "You ought to be concerned about null segments unless you know for sure that your program will never be used to read in a data set that contains null segments regardless of whose program created them." Bill Fairchild Plainfield, IL
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