I would put a LISTC ENT for the dataset before the allocation If RC > 0 Then write out some diagnostics
Not sure why people are still writing in CLIST rather than using REXX. But to each their own Lizette -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Elaine Beal Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Unable to ALLOC dsn without new I give up :), asking for help Defining a new user and logon proc issues SET &DSNAME = &SYSUID..ISPTABL ALLOC FI(ISPPROF) SHR DA('&DSNAME.') the dsn is new and evidently the alloc fails but i can manually alloc a new dsn without the new parm (under another ID) if I try a manual allocate with the failing ID (and no new parm), it fails with ALLOC FI(ISPPROF) SHR DA('gayleyc.isptabl') DATA SET GAYLEYC.ISPTABL NOT IN CATALOG OR CATALOG CAN NOT BE ACCESSED ENTER DATA SET NAME - I thought you had to have the new parm but i can ALLOC a new dsn under another id without it. The ALLOC proc works on another LPAR. Thanks, Elaine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
