Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-12 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 93891f43642f3c419a7d75acc2b1db6f3c68cc9...@exchangemb2.dhs.state.ia.us, on 06/11/2012 at 02:58 PM, Roberts, John J jrobe...@dhs.state.ia.us said: Also, what is the significance of the V00 part of the qualifier? It's the version. I was always led to believe that it was a vestige of

Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread McKown, John
Perhaps I didn't get enought sleep during staff meeting, ah I mean last night. But I just had the weirdest thought enter my head. There have been many complaints about the limit of 255 entries in a GDG. Now, I won't debate that at all. But how many people who want more actually need to address

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Roberts, John J
But in today's world, without SCRATCH in the definition, the oldest GDG does not get scratched. It gets rolled off the GDG base and becomes a normal cataloged dataset entry. So it stays in the catalog, and can be referenced by absolute name. I wonder if this would ever be of some use to

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 06/11/2012 02:46:37 PM: From: McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 06/11/2012 02:47 PM Subject: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG. Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Perhaps I

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Subject: Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG. But in today's world, without SCRATCH in the definition, the oldest GDG does not get scratched. It gets rolled off the GDG base and becomes a normal cataloged dataset entry. So it stays in the catalog, and can be referenced by absolute name. I

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Jonathan Goossen
with communication and leadership skills checkout Woodwinds Toastmasters. IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 06/11/2012 02:58:51 PM: From: Roberts, John J jrobe...@dhs.state.ia.us To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 06/11/2012 02:59 PM Subject: Re: Weird thought on misuse

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread McKown, John
J Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 2:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG. But in today's world, without SCRATCH in the definition, the oldest GDG does not get scratched. It gets rolled off the GDG base and becomes a normal cataloged dataset entry. So

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-06-11 21:58, Roberts, John J pisze: But in today's world, without SCRATCH in the definition, the oldest GDG does not get scratched. It gets rolled off the GDG base and becomes a normal cataloged dataset entry. So it stays in the catalog, and can be referenced by absolute name. I

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 14:58 -0500 on 06/11/2012, Roberts, John J wrote about Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.: Also, what is the significance of the V00 part of the qualifier? I was always led to believe that it was a vestige of something that was never implemented. It allows you to create a replacement