On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:52:12 -0500, John Sullivan wrote: >>That said, should the CATINDEX be cataloged? I have some usercat where >>the >>CATINDEX is catalog and some aren't. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >The CATINDEX is *ALWAYS* cataloged since it's the index portion of a >VSAM KSDS. Its catalog entry is in the usercat for the catalog for >which it is defined. The UCAT entry in the master catalog points to the >user catalog. All information regarding the user catalog itself (like >its constituent components such as the index) is contained in the user >catalog. To see this info, specify the CATALOG parameter in the LISTCAT >command as already pointed out by Martin Kline.
This is also known as the catalog's self-defining entry. See http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2C160/4.1.1?SHELF=DGT2BK80&DT=20080514104905 Or tiny'd, http://preview.tinyurl.com/5oqr9k -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
