We recently fixed a CICS transaction that read some reference data and stored it in memory in the CWA. It also had some common code that was used across the application space. But because it used the CWA in a non-standard way the transaction always had to be called in its region, rather than run in any region that needed it.
Finally overcoming developer inertia, I had the application changed to use a CICS Data Table which now means the transaction can be called from any region without a cross region call. But the code is also used in batch and the batch version reads a VSAM file. We have just implemented a parallel sysplex and it would seem an ideal application for a CF LIst Structure. We could have a scheduled application load the structure when it changed or across an IPL and then the data would then be available to any application. This is read only so applications never need to do more than just read the data. We are new to parallel sysplex so any thoughts appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
