On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:00:14 -0500 "Roberts, John J" <[email protected]> wrote:
:>>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. Depending on how many of the numbers may be generated, your best approach to minimize storage and processing is a hash table where the value comes from an incrementing number. If not found, add one to the number and store in the table. -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
