On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:09:45 -0400, John Eells wrote: > >I mentioned an exception. When you use a system symbol in the >related-to field specified by SYMBOLICRELATE, the system will *start >over* at the master catalog, or "reorient the search to the master >catalog." It will then look for entries as if the search (e.g., LOCATE) >request were new, rather than a continuation of an existing search. I >think we did this in z/OS V2.1 but I did not check to be certain. > Pretty nice. But I have a couple old wishes:
o When the elated-to field is specified by SYMBOLICRELATE, start the search as if the request were new *regardless* that no symbols appear in the related-to field. I believe this would ba a compatible change, conflicting with no existing art. o Allow aliases of aliases. I.e the related-to field may specify an alias. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
