On Tue, 29 May 2018 19:30:30 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 06:54:22 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: >> ... >>In addition, a normal alias must be defined in the same catalog that holds >>the related data set name. With SYMBOLICRELATE, that is not a requirement. >> >Is this welcome relaxation for SYMBOLICRELATE a recent innovation? > >I can't find this statement, not in the 2.3 IDCAMS Command Ref. nor in >DFSMS Managing Catalogs. > Ah, 2.1! http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA52218 APAR status Closed as suggestion for future release. [It doesn't make it clear what the "suggestion" is. Perhaps to supply a better default for CATALOG(). -- gil] Error description In 2.1, an enhancement was made to symbolic relate data set aliases that allowed them to be cataloged in a different catalog than the entry they were related to. ... Local fix use CATALOG() in DEFINE ALIAS SYMBOLICRELATE to specify appropriate catalog
I wonder what happens if the HLQ is a symbol? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
