ITschak, Really like this idea, could you please elaborate a bit - how would a problem-state program load data in common area? It needs to be store-protected to prevent overlays, so that would require the loader to be APF authorization, no?
-Victor- ---------------------------------------------------------- If your interest is sharing, CICS can store a complete vsam file in dataspace using a standard IO routines (GET, PUT, POINT etc.). It is few CICS parameters away and involves no code change. I am not sure that EXCI will save you CPU or elapse. BTW, there are few products that store data in storage and/or dataspaces (Matrix from Expanse comes to mind). Another alternative is to store the dataset in a common area (nay be above the bar), and store the start and end addresses in single name-token pair. you just need a loaded program and a search one. this fits for a none updated file. HTH ITschak ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
