There is a very easy way to check your CKDS, if you use IDCAMS PRINT to list the file you will find that it contains two records that start with 64 bytes of x'00's. These are the records that were built when you initialized the CKDS. If they are the only records then your CKDS is "empty".
You may also want to check out Ernie Nachtigall's "Sample Key Record List Application for ICSF CKDS" it can be found on the IBM TECHDOCS Website: //www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/ Dale Bohn AEGON USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

