On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:38:50 +0000, Staller, Allan wrote: > ... >Once *EVERYTHING" has moved to the alias, the original dataset can be deleted >and the process repeated in the other direction. >This make take several (days, weeks, months,....) depending on the >installations policies and procedures. > ... >Merely re-point the existing alias to the new dataset. No problem here. > Is there a utility to enumerate all ALIASes to a given RELATED DSN? If not, there's a problem. The information must exist: if the RELATED DSN is deleted, the ALIASes are quietly deleted. Integrity flaw: deleting a DSN when ALIASes exist ought at least to require confirmation.
There's a minuscule timing window. SYMBOLIC aliases would be better; they persist when the referenced data set is deleted. But a SYMBOLIC alias must contain at least one substitutable symbol. Stupid rule! (Might one define a system symbol naming the null string, for incorporation in SYMBOLIC aliases?) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
