I don't know, but I would guess that it has something to do with the defaults assumed in the product's DCB when not specified in the JCL. I always specify them for UNIX files.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Jacobs [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 1:58 PM > To: McKown, John > Cc: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > Subject: Re: DFDSS Sysin control statements in a OMVS File > > On 09/21/12 13:56, McKown, John wrote: > > You're welcome. > > > > One succeeds by having experience. One gets experience by failing. I > am very experienced. > > > > > > It was strange that DFDSS needed those parameters, but IDCAMS happily > accepted reading it's sysin control cards from an OMVS file without > them. > > I'm also very experienced with failing. This will be one more added to > the end of a very long list. > > -- > Mark Jacobs > Time Customer Service > Tampa, FL > ---- > > The quiet ones are the ones that change the universe... > The loud ones only take the credit. > > Londo Mollari - Babylon 5 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
