Yes, the 32760 limit does not apply to EXCP. Any DASD supporting BSAM can have spanned records. Track overflow is History.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: RFE: Some SuperC options should cater for longer lines On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:37:58 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> 27998, the non-spanned maximum blocksize for 3390 devices, > >That's the optimal block size, not the maximum. > For QSAM and BSAM, thee maximum block size is 32760. It might be larger for EXCP. "non-spanned"? Does 3390 have "spanned" blocks? Track Overflow? "optimal"? I'd have said "optimum". https://secure-web.cisco.com/1s945_GPWiDcPuD56IVL70HrpdQmeb5-LdAeiEOWJ7bDNgGYWpCoTLO_q2ESakOu_-u_weNrWt_-EP9XjnQWq67hvWO6xJmTF7ys1ciN73DosM4n1gy5wruR6zqRbTxkWS-iYL7BnuvlbpHWG_0tZufwSKJTvgBy8MwsMsreEpDFYchWVI6BZXLALk5a-tbhgAtyodQV7sTk-XnhflVHJ4NEAOZ4VC34eyrzX0NmTYcCoO3blX-stxFW4y3z2jOucY1C0mditoHIqlHu3dJyE3_d7oV_VVLrmCnWVb17px6TCOgB1XCKxPtl3y1BVj3HrYa_tUCRvGltoFPYEisLpvHlmhF0tI2mU50riP811v4v5zx6hDxflLhgjH2-j3vh6HYbcyAJWHzbH9GpC6CRuAfZqxI-qMtol7dcz3iTf4xfBxTzTl6oV61D5rkwDqn2m2-nbABDCB5FdsHTU_WJsfg/https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.stackexchange.com%2Fquestions%2F50843%2Fwhat-is-the-difference-between-optimal-and-optimum >________________________________________ >From: Robert Prins >Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 6:47 AM > >On 2020-12-21 18:00, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:38:30 +0000, Robert Prins wrote: >> >>> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=147550 >>> >Updated to: > >It would be useful is the current limit would be raised to a higher value, and >tentative maximum values could be 27998, the non-spanned maximum blocksize for >3390 devices, or 32767, the maximum signed value for a halfword, but even a >value of 1024 or 4096 would be more helpful. > One might argue for LINE_MAX, 2048: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.bpxbd00/limitsh.htm -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
