Lizette, But I am not able to create and relate with same alias and I get a duplicate dataset entry. Here the background is that I am trying to use this alias in one of our proclibs.
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]>wrote: > In 3.4 if you display the dataset and then PF11 - see if there are dataset > attributes. If there is no space, no lrecl, no blksize, and so forth, then > all you have is a catalog entry and that is it. You can create as many > catalog entries as you like that do not have REAL datasets underneath them. > > Lizette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of mf db > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Deleting Alias > > Elardus, > > I tried viewing via ISMF and I could see the alias entry pointing the same > usercatalog, but when I type Browse agains the alias I get a message as > "Dataset not catalogued" > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:17:27 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: > > > > > >DEF TED.MY.FILE ALIAS RELATE(BOB.MY.FILE) then both BOB hlq and TED > > >hlq must be in MYUCAT1 > > > > > You can control which catalog the TED alias is created in, but if the > > catalogs are different you lose either way. If you create TED in > > BOB's catalog, catalog search fails to find TED; if you create TED in > > its proper catalog, catalog search fails to find BOB. > > > > >I may have that backwards, but it is close. Bottom line, the example > > >IBM has in the book for doing this is very bad. I will be opening a > > >request > > for > > >updating that to a more reasonable example. ... > > > > > Rather, that should be a Requirement that it be done right, not a RCF > > for documentation that it is done wrong. > > > > > ... Second, from the document it > > >appears that the HLQs should be in the same UCAT. At least that is > > >my understanding from reading the IBM doc (which is very nebulous at > best). > > >And I do not believe that you are required to use the CAT parameter > > >in the DEF ... ALIAS RELATE(....) function > > > > -- 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
