YES by overideing the LENGTH PARAMETER of model dataset SYNTAX: //DD1

can we maintain 2 generations with different Lengths in Same
GDG ?

Question Posted / krishna

Answer Posted / krishna

YES
by overideing the LENGTH PARAMETER of model dataset

SYNTAX:
//DD1 DD DSN=BASEG(+2),DISP=(NEW,CATLG,CATLG)
DCB=(MODELNAME, RECLNG="WHAT U WANT"

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