>For the first, use REPRO MERGECAT from the master catalog to the user catalog. > Follow this with the define of the alias.
Not only are we swatting a fly with a Buick, but we're putting a pretty heavy load on a non-VSAM person. Another poster's solution was simpler: 1. Rename the TWO datasets. 2. Define the alias. 3. Rename the TWO datasets back. Another possibility: 1. Go to 3.4, and list the two datasets (hopefully they have enough of a pattern to list them). 2. Uncatalogue the datasets. 3. Define the alias. 4. Recatalogue them. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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