>If you have ICSF configured you might be able to use one of the One-Way Hash Generate Callable Services (CSNBOWH or CSNBOWH1 and CSNEOWH or CSNEOWH1)
I don't know if we have ICSF installed. But even if we did, I would doubt if any hash function could meet my requirement #2 (uniqueness) and may even have trouble with #3 (PIC 9(9) result). And of course if truncation is needed to meet requirement #3, this itself would probably defeat #2. But I thank you for the suggestion. If I strike out otherwise, I will ask the SYSPROGs about ICSF. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
