Diff b/w MDT and COMMAREA

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Diff b/w MDT and COMMAREA

Postby Naagju » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:11 pm

wt diff b/w MDT and COMMAREA...

As i know COMMAREA is for pass data in between tasks and pgms..
MDT stand for modified data tag..
is it used for tranfering data or else?

Advance thanks for u r replay

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Re: Diff b/w MDT and COMMAREA

Postby enrico-sorichetti » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:22 pm

for a deeper insight You can search for the exact meaning of both term here
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... s/DFHASI05
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