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Way to increase the limit on the number of gdg entries


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atasteofkitty

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:13 am
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Is there a way to increase the limit on the number of gdg entries a file can have if you have already created some versions of the file, and need to still maintain those already created.
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dinguduse

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:48 am
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once created, cannot increase the gdg limit.
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smily
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:05 pm
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we can increase the limit using the ALTER command

ALTER 'gdg name' limit (the value) in sysin

i dont remember the syntax pls chk

i dont know whether this will affect the previous versions
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satya123
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:11 pm
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If u created a GDG with x.y.z with limit 5 with scratch and noempty u can change the limit with

//sysin dd *
ALTER x.y.z
LIMIT(10)
/*
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dinguduse

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:37 pm
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thnx for info.. didnt knew that.
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shreevamsi

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:17 pm
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fyi, Your exising versions of the GDG need not effected if you Alter the GDG properties.

~Vamsi
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