RE: GDS on the iSeries?

Michael, 
The best way to handle this is thru multi member physical file. We have
written a GDG command the emulated the process on the mainframe systems that
we use when we do migration project to the i5. Basically the GDG command and
cl control which member out of a multi member file will be used by the
program you are going to execute. If you want gdg(+1) then you would create
a new member in the physical file an write to the OVRDBF of the new member.
If you wanted to reuse the existing member you would issues the OVRDBF to
one of the existing member. 

Hope this idea will help, just one way to handle this. 

Thanks, 
Jerry Thomas
Cothern Computer Systems, Inc. 


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Subject: GDS on the iSeries?

List,

Is there native GDS (generation dataset) support on the iSeries? If not, can

it be *simulated* without much effort?

We use a *simulated* method on our VSE mainframe system and need to 
duplicate it as closely as possible. If there is native support we should 
surely take advantage of it.

Suggestions? Ideas? TIA