Date:         Sun, 17 Mar 1996 20:24:41 GMT
Reply-To:     dstanle@ibm.net
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Don Stanley <dstanle@IBM.NET>
Organization: Information Power
Subject:      Re: SASTRAP: Dictionary Tables -Reply

While I respect your opinion, I have to say that EVERY MVS site I have worked
in (about 7)
have a site standard that files must be allocated in JCL. This aids
restartibility and
means that operators with no SAS knowledge can easily see what files are used.
 
Personally I prefer LIBNAME. However, I am always working to my clients
standards.
 
From an MVS viewpoint, I would suggest that aging DDNAMES are still the optimal
way
to allocate files in an MVS batch environment.
 
Don
 
 
In <s14bfb3e.052@BCBSCT.COM>, Jack N Shoemaker <JSHOEMAK@BCBSCT.COM> writes:
>You can avoid this SASTRAP by using libname statements
>in the SAS code instead of JCL.  In my opinion, you should
>NEVER use DD cards when libname and filename statements
>do such a fine job.  Placing filename and libname statements
>in your SAS code means you have the full power of the SAS
>system at your displosal to generate the names and OS-dependent
>aggregate storage locations.  I try to run all my MVS jobs with
>just 4 cards - JOB, EXEC SAS, SASEXEC DD, and SYSIN DD.
>Sometimes a WORK DD is necessary.
>
>There is one case where the SAS statements are inferior
>to JCL.  That occurs when you have data which spans
>multiple tape volumes.  In short, SAS doesn't provide the
>libname and filename options sometimes required to coax
>the operating system to let your application have at the data
>when those data reside on tape media.
>
>So, do yourself a favor and toss out all those aging DD
>statements.  - Jack
>
>Jack N Shoemaker  shoe@world.std.com
 
 
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Don Stanley     DSTANLE@IBM.NET
Information Power Limited
SAS Institute Quality Partners
Wellington  NEW ZEALAND
 
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