This can be complicated... but I am going to describe a simple one. Personally, I like aliases just fine. I find that I am usually in the minority of sysprogs when it comes to using aliases... since
As long as you are fairly uncomplicated in the system setup, it is just a matter of defining an alias something like DEF ALIAS(NAME(SYS5.MQ.ALIAS) REL(SYS5.MQ.REAL)) Which allows the catalog to decide where the alias is to be defined. When you want to get rid of the alias... DEL SYS5.MQ.ALIAS ALIAS As long as there is dynamic allocation or JCL involved .. it should always resolve the ALIAS to the REAL name. There is always much more than what I have described. You can hit the DFSMS bookshelf for IDCAMS and CATALOG for additional information. Rob Schramm Sirius Computer Solutions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
