Steven,

I am correct in assuming that the dataspace must be created by a running STC or 
JOB, and when shutsdown the dataspace Is deleted ?

Scott ford
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On Dec 8, 2012, at 12:53 PM, "Steven St.Jean" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Donald,
> 
> That's right.  Any address space with the token can access the data space.
> 
> Something like this:
> 
> *************************************************************
> *    Create the Dataspace                                   *
> *************************************************************
>     DSPSERV CREATE,                                         +
>           NAME=dspname,                                     +
>           SCOPE=COMMON,                                     +
>           KEY=8*16,                                         +
>           STOKEN=stoken,       Where to put the STOKEN      +
>           BLOCKS=(max,init),   Size of dspc (max,init)      +
>           ORIGIN=origin
>     LTR   R15,R15
>     BNZ   fail
> *
> *************************************************************
> *    Obtain an ALET for the Dataspace
> *************************************************************
>     ALESERV ADD,ALET=alet,                                  +
>           STOKEN=stoken,                                    +
>           CHKEAX=NO,                                        +
>           AL=PASN,                                          +
>           ACCESS=PUBLIC
>     LTR   R15,R15
>     BNZ   fail
>     ...
>     ...
> STOKEN     DS XL8         STOKEN of dataspace
> DSPNAME    DS CL8         Name of dataspace
> ALET       DS AL4         ALET of dataspace
> MAX        DC F'4096'     Max size in 4Kb blocks
> INIT       DC F'2048'     Max size in 4Kb blocks
> ORIGIN     DS AL4         Address of first byte of dataspace
> ************************************************************
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Steven St.Jean
> http://sdsusa.com
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of Donald Likens
>> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 3:50 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Common Data Space Basics
>> 
>> I've studied the manuals but before I start coding to use a Common Data
>> Space I want to confirm that for a common data space access is by the
>> PASN-AL and the ALESERV creates a PASN-AL for all the address spaces.
>> 
>> So all I have to do is issue the DSPSERV CREATE,TYPE=BASIC,SCOPE=COMMON
>> and ALESERV ADD,AL=PASN once and pass the ALET to all address spaces that
>> access this dataspace. Correct?
>> 
>> Is there additional overhead accessing data spaces as opposed to accessing
>> primary storage? (I expect not) If an address space is created after the
>> ALESERV macro is executed, can the new address space access the data
>> space?
>> 
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