Consistent behavior and backwards compatability does make it right! You can question the original though process, but not maintaining consistency.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 7:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: empty KSDS behavior - why? On Tue, 29 May 2018 20:42:53 -0400, Doug Shupe wrote: >LOADED vs UNLOADED. > >Read the VSAM DEMISTIFIED Redbooks. > >When you define a VSAM file it is in an UNLOADED state, REPRO will open for >output and work just fine. > >If you write a record and delete the record the VSAM file is now in a LOADED >state. You should be able to open I/O or REPRO with the REPLACE option. > >I surely might have missed what your trying to do but this is not rocket >science and has been this way for years.. > Antiquity doesn't make something right. The Fugitive Slave Act was the law of the land for years. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
