ISPF option 3.3 can copy to a new PDS and unpack as it copies. It's an option on the panel. On Oct 12, 2012 5:34 PM, "Lizette Koehler" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
