On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:31:55 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>.. >It's not an IDCAMS issue. >It's a documented (flaw) feature of JCL. >The first place searched for file attributes is the executing programme. >If it thinks the file is sequential, it is treated as such. >... I agree that it is not an issue limited to IDCAMS, and I'm not sure why it bothers me more to see IDCAMS to this than, say, IEBGENER. But it does. Pehaps because IDCAMS pays more attention to its input and output datasets (at least when they are VSAM). JCL? I would have pointed more towards OPEN. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
