I always took the NOT CATALOGED 2 as meaning "I'm not cataloging this dataset because then there would be 2 of them in the catalog which can't happen". :-)
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 12:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Moron of the day -- me! NOT CATALOGED 2 always got me. Did that mean "NOT CATALOGED TOO" If so, why not, "ALSO NOT CATLOGED". On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 1:37 AM Mike Shorkend <[email protected]> wrote: > The syntax is > > > PA {[PAGE=]}{dsname[,dsname]...} > {NONVIO=} > > So if I specified PA PAGE='SYS1.LOCAL,PAGE09' I would either expect > the dataset enclosed in the quotes to be used or, get a message > indicating that a quote was found instead of a dsname. > > As for the PMR(if I remember correctly, this was back in the 1990s), > the IBM support person pointed out the error to me. > > > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 at 15:28, Paul Gilmartin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 11:06:47 +0200, Mike Shorkend wrote: > > > > >My moment must have been when I wanted to add a page dataset and I > > enclosed > > >the name of the dataset in quotes. To my defence, to this day, it > throws a > > >'NOT CATALGUED' condition and not a syntax error as might be expected. > > > > > What syntax error would you expect? > > > > It's a horrible design. Quotes should simply mean that the enclosed > > DSN is to be taken verbatim; whenever VOL or UNIT is unavailable the > > catalog should be searched. > > > > >had to open a PMR to get it straightened... > > > > > What was the disposition of that PMR? > > > > -- gil > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > Mike Shorkend > [email protected] > Tel: +972524208743 > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/in/MikeShorkend/ > __;!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE0Fj!4GHXOxMMW8xw-sjRtNmL2pf_xgbnTjrvr1I86Oo2XobR3Ii8 > PL2KQvGHnx2VXkNUgw$ > > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/mikeShorkend__;!!KjMR > P1Ixj6eLE0Fj!4GHXOxMMW8xw-sjRtNmL2pf_xgbnTjrvr1I86Oo2XobR3Ii8PL2KQvGHn > x1tlP6riA$ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
