Author: lbdyck
Subject: Reply to: Editing "member generations" in PDSE version 2 data sets
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 6:15 pm (GMT 5.5)
Be aware that editing a non-0 generation has these caveats:
1) the Save NEWGEN will NOT happen so the updates to the non-0 generation do not create a new generation.
2) non-0 generations CANNOT be referenced using JCL, Dynamic Allocation, the vast majority of TSO commands, or the vast majority of ISPF applications and vendor utilities.
It is always best to never edit a non-0 generation unless you do so only to copy the data to a new member for editing/updating.
Subject: Reply to: Editing "member generations" in PDSE version 2 data sets
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 6:15 pm (GMT 5.5)
Be aware that editing a non-0 generation has these caveats:
1) the Save NEWGEN will NOT happen so the updates to the non-0 generation do not create a new generation.
2) non-0 generations CANNOT be referenced using JCL, Dynamic Allocation, the vast majority of TSO commands, or the vast majority of ISPF applications and vendor utilities.
It is always best to never edit a non-0 generation unless you do so only to copy the data to a new member for editing/updating.