On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:03:09 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>OTOH, I was at a shop where almost every data set started PROD.*. I bet they were happy when MLA (Multi Level Aliases) became available. > >We weren't because of the issues of duplication of datasets on lists. >Our space cadets weren't skilled enough to figure out how to handle them. Explain... what duplication? >While MLA seemed like a good idea, I have never seen a successful implementation. Several shops I have been at used them without any problems that I know of (and still do) and it solved some performance issues. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
