Lizette, I agree with Skip Robertson. EDIT PACK is probably on. This not something defined per the dataset. This is specified in the EDIT PROFILE and is applied at the MEMBER level, not the dataset level. I.E. You can have just one member within a PDS saved with PACK ON and still have others saved with PACK OFF. To verify, edit the member in question. While in edit, show the PROF. If it shows ....PACK ON.... in the profile, that is the problem. To fix the member, type PROF UNLOCK on the command line (if the profile is locked), then type PACK OFF, then SAVE the member. Now it should be OK.
This is also why copy of the member gives you a good member. ISPF COPY is smart enough to recognize the PACKed data and unpack it when it is copied. If this is the issue, you will need to repeat this for every member that has the problem. Beware! If you edit a member that has PACK ON, and your profile is UNLOCKED, your profile will automagically switch to PACK ON. I cannot test this at my site as they have ISPF installed with PACK ON disabled. Good luck, Bill Bass United HealthCare Greenville, SC -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 5:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Strange PDS members The INFO on the dataset does not show PACK or SCLM turned on. The browse shows NO hex chars in the member. Only when I unload the file. So far I have 1) Member looks normal 2) Dataset does not have SCLM or PACK 3) Dataset is NON SMS 4) Unload of PDS using SAS Unload shows Hex Chars 5) Browse, EDIT or VIEW does not show any HEX chars Now the weirder part - I can copy the file to "fix" it. then a later it is once again "magically" broken Lizette -----Original Message----- >From: "Pommier, Rex R." <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 12, 2012 2:40 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Strange PDS members > >Liz, > >What happens if you try to either edit or view the file? Just as an >experiment, I just edited a PDS member and purposefully added a hex character >to it. Browsing the member then just showed a period instead of the >non-displayable character. Editing or viewing the member threw up the >"caution - data contains invalid characters" message that didn't appear in >browse.. > >Rex > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Lizette Koehler >Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 4:33 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Strange PDS members > >I have a strange issue. I browse a member of a PDS and it looks fine. But if >I use SAS UNLOAD and that same member is showing tons of hex characters. >IEBCOPY does not show any errors. > >Are there any FREEWARE PDS analysis tools? > >Or any ideas why a member might look normal in ISPF but with SAS Unload show >lots of hex characters? > >Thanks.. > >Lizette > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
