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PDS member Restriction

Postby jaggz » Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:29 pm

Dear All,

Can We enforce restriction to 1 Member of PDS ?

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Re: PDS member Restriction

Postby Anuj Dhawan » Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:18 pm

What kind of restriction are you talking about here? Did you mean "Password Protected Member", by any chance?
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Re: PDS member Restriction

Postby steve-myers » Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:33 pm

jaggz wrote:Dear All,

Can We enforce restriction to 1 Member of PDS ?

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No. Why would you want to do such a foolish thing?? The only valid reason I can think of is a member search is very I/O inefficient; the search for one member is less inefficient than the search for the member with the highest collating sequence in a directory with say, 1000 members.

There are two ways to limit the number of members in a PDS.
  • Limit the number of PDS directory blocks.
  • Limit the space allocation.
These controls can be placed in dynamic allocation exits or possibly in SMS controls.
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Re: PDS member Restriction

Postby Akatsukami » Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:24 pm

Unfortunately, the OP is too badly written to allow us to distinguish between Anuj's and Steve's inerpretations. jaggz, think about what you're trying to ask and rephrase your question.
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