> <snip> > > One thing I have not see here is have you thought about making it a > variable length record? > > fletch > Be careful. If you have any programs that are already reading the dataset you don't want to have to recode them to deal with record and block descriptors and variable lengths.
</snip> Tom brings up an excellent point, but based on the initial they are changing this lrecl quite a bit. That tells me they are having to change jobs and they miss some. If you use VB in the program, granted you may have to change a lot of programs, but sounds like they do that any way. While the initial effort maybe large in the long run it would be easier. you would only have to change the copybook and recompile/relink and the jobs would still work. my $.02 worth fletch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
