Hi all, OK, My Friday started a bit early... Just could not resist it... This is what I ran...
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //DD2 DD DSN=MY.SEQ.DFHCMACD,UNIT=SYSDA,DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE), // DCB=(LRECL=32756,BLKSIZE=32760,RECFM=VB),DSORG=PS, // SPACE=(CYL,(7,1,43),RLSE) And his was the result... MY.SEQ.DFHCMACD PO VB 32756 32760 Why CMACD, because my first test was to copy that file into a seq file and I got exactly the same result, "No members in data set" message in TSO 3.4. I do not think IDCAMS is to blame, Whatever, and I must admit I am too lazy to go and look, will leave it to Lizette, whatever is allocating the dataset is disregarding the DSORG=PS. What I expected was an error message saying that the directory blocks cannot be specified, the same way you get in option 3.2 in TSO. Regards Herbie -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: 07 Februarie 2008 02:35 nm To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VSAM Surprise Rick Fochtman wrote: > --------------<snip>-------------- > >>> It's normal operation actually; >>> >>> The directory blocks are considered sequentially accessed blocks. As >>> there was no member name on the DSN basically IDCAMS did exactly what >>> was asked, and wrote the data to the PDS Directory area. >> >> >> I dare to disagree. Try the same "normal operation" with PDSE. > > ----------------<unsnip>------------------ > A PDS/E is not a perfectly matching replacement for a PDS. I would > expect some differences in how the two are handled. PDS/E is PDS Extended. Better version of PDS. PDSE is created to solve some problems with PDS. One of the problems which are solved in PDSE is improved directory integrity. "There is no mechanism to stop the PDS directory from being overwritten if a program mistakenly opens it for sequential output. If this happens, the directory is destroyed, and all the members are lost." The sentence above is from SG246106. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- BRE Bank SA ul. Senatorska 18 00-950 Warszawa www.brebank.pl Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sdowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 0000025237 NIP: 526-021-50-88 Wedug stanu na dzie 01.01.2007 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci opacony) wynosi 118.064.140 z. W zwizku z realizacj warunkowego podwyszenia kapitau zakadowego, na podstawie uchwa XVI WZ z dnia 21.05.2003 r., kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA moe ulec podwyszeniu do kwoty 118.760.528 z. Akcje w podwyszonym kapitale zakadowym bd w caoci opacone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Elavon Financial Services Limited Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the Financial Regulator ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
