Okay, I looked at the Dataset for PACK (DUH!!). You are correct PACK ON is on the individual member.
So now, is there a way to do PACK OFF enmasse? Otherwise I have 342 members to individually edit. Thanks. Lizette -----Original Message----- >From: "Bass, Walter W" <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 12, 2012 3:27 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Strange PDS members > >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
