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  • Subject: RE: This way or that?
  • From: "Karen D. Summers" <ksummers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 21:15:16 -0700
  • Importance: Normal

Well, we use two methods for similiar functionality.
The first uses 1 member - 1 format, but uses the device ID and User as the
key.  The records are removed when the user signs off and the file is
cleared during night batch to release the storage (like Mark's).

The second uses good old QTEMP files with logicals built on the fly.  The
benefit of this model is that garbage collection takes place automatically.
The drawback is that the file is not available to view unless you are
sitting at the terminal running the job (and know the back door to the
command line).  An issue if problems occur in the job.

James said he doesn't have "that much of a problem with the method", but my
first boss would have taken two of my fingers at the knuckle if I had used a
mult-member file and created multi-format logicals over it!  I don't know
that it's worth the fingers...

Karen
The opinions expressed are my own and may be the opinion of my company
if I say so.


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