Havin' too much fun. . .

Terry Heinze · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:45 am

I don't believe your data set names for AMBS0 through AMBS9 are valid. The 1st character of each node must be alphabetic or national according to the MVS JCL Reference. The last node of those data sets start with a numeric character.

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:48 am

Hi Terry,

Terry Heinze · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:10 am

I said "the last node". Look again at the DSNs. There are no symbolics in the last node of those data set names.

William Thompson · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:12 am

What is the rule, dot signifies the end of the &symbolic but two dots generate a dot?

Terry Heinze · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:13 am

Terry Heinze · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:15 am

"1 through 8 alphanumeric or national ($, #, @) characters, a hyphen, or a character X'C0'. The first character must be alphabetic or national ($, #, @). For example, DSNAME=ALPHA is an unqualified data set name."
Copyright IBM.

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:42 am

Yup, but unfortunately, the expanded proc wasn't posted. We don't know what this

Terry Heinze · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:02 am

I stand corrected, Dick. I saw 2 periods there where there was only 1. What is that saying about "the 1st thing to go"?

Terry Heinze · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:03 am

I knew the rule, but failed to apply it!

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:22 am

Terry Heinze · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:32 am

Some say that sight is the 1st thing to go (in old age). I can think of worse things.

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:35 pm

Oh, they keep telling me it would be memory