[Default] On 10 Jul 2018 15:08:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (Tony Thigpen) wrote:
>So, DISP=SHR is not the default, as I thought was implied by John's >statement that "Z/os VSAM is always accessed as DISP=SHR." Not only that but I have accessed VSAM DISP=OLD when I wanted exclusive access. Normallypeople let the share options rule. Clark Morris > >Tony Thigpen > >Gibney, Dave wrote on 07/10/2018 05:49 PM: >> If DISP=SHR (that is if not DISP is provided), then the JCL Default of >> (NEW,PASS) would happen and the job would fail >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] >>> On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 2:43 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: z/OS JCl vs. VSE JCL: VSAM files >>> >>> Then, why does every VSAM DD for every z/OS site I have worked with, >>> always include DISP=SHR? >>> (I guess, because it's a habit from non-VSAM files and nobody told them they >>> did not have to do it.) >>> >>> Tony Thigpen >>> >>> John Clifford wrote on 07/10/2018 04:16 PM: >>>> Z/os VSAM is always accessed as DISP=SHR. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email >>> to >>> [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
