Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: >>Could work, but it is not always known that there are indeed 5 generations. >>Lizette wants the oldest and the access method should find that oldest entry >>no matter what the quantity of versions there are.
>I may not have worded my comment correctly. All I was saying was that in a GDG >with 5 generations, going DSN=GDGBASE,GDGORDER=FIFO was the equivalent of a >concatenation using relative generation numbers and listing them in oldest >(-4) to newest (0) generation number. I also noted (or implied) that this >method relieves the user from knowing the number of generations currently in >use. Many thanks for kindly explaining this. I am fully with you on this one. Perhaps I also worded my comment incorrectly, but this is IBM-MAIN where each person is kindly helping others. Thanks Robert for your kind explanation. I value your posts and I learn from them too. All of the very best for you! Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht Today I learned something new: I am *NOT* using Google anymore, because my wife always knows everything and is always right... *sigh* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
