On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 11:20:10 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I opened an SR on an unexpected error when I used SYMBOLICRELATE. >Support replied that the problem was that I had no symbols in my alias. But >though z/OS 2.1, the IDCAMS Ref. says: > SYMBOLICRELATE(entryname) > Allows the specification of the base data set name using system > symbols. ... >"Allows" is permissive, not restrictive. I insisted that there was a bug >needing >repair. > >Alas, in z/OS 2.3 IDCAMS Ref. I see: > SYMBOLICRELATE(entryname) > Requires the specification of the base data set name using system > symbols. > >"Allows" became "Requires". All too characteristic of IBM to document a >deficiency >rather than repairing it.
If the intent when designing SYMBOLICRELATE was that symbols could be used but were not required, then it was a bug. If the intent was that SYMBOLICRELATE requires at least one symbol, then it is the doc that was in error. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
