On Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:02 -0500, Bill Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
>Ted, > The issue that I think you are missing is that this entire conversation >started with a site trying to do a VSE to z/OS conversion. For this site, >this is a "major" concern. Certainly not the only one, but it is important >to understand exactly does happen/when/how under z/OS - so the requirements >for the conversion are resourced and met. > >As I have said previously, I do think that having "Block Contains 0" is the >best solution - as it gives desirable results when the phrase is used and >doesn't hurt when it isn't used. Being the shop in question, and the originator of this thread, I just thought I'd mention that we are going to globally (for non-VSAM files) specify BLOCK CONTAINS 0. This includes SYSIN and SYSOUT files where BLOCK CONTAINS 0 means even less. But who wants to go through the pain of figuring out what files are SYSIN and SYSOUT files and what files are not. Which is why I wanted to be able to eliminate BLOCK CONTAINS 0 and have that as the default behavior. Ah well. By the way, any pointers on how to submit a "marketing requirement"? VSE actually has a "submit a requirement" web page (https://www- 03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zvse/contact/requirement.html). Does z/OS have anything similar? Thanks! Frank ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
