Re: Delete Records -File Re-org

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 11:45 AM 02/17/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>I was looking for ways to save space on the system, and found a large 
>number of deleted records in files. I suggested to run re-orgs on these 
>files during the week end, and was told that this doesn't 'really' save 
>space. I always thought that it did. Does Re-orging a file give space back 
>to the system? Or was the space available anyway.

If the design of your application permits (call me for these details) 
specifying REUSEDLTRCD(*YES) will mostly eliminate the need for re-orgs.

Al




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