I have been involved with this discussion a few times in the past. I have been fortunate to resolve it by indicating that the install libraries would contain the release/version identifier but the run time libraries would not.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: cascading catalog dataset aliases. The obvious advantage to #2 is that it gives you the benefit of allowing you to change hundreds or thousands of JCL members for every install. -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer ---- Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> wrote: > >If management requires the dsnames to include the version number > > I have two concerns with this: > 1. Shouldn't management tell you what to do, not how to do it? > 2. What is the benefit of having versions in the Production dsn? > > - > Ted MacNEIL > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
