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Hi

I want to erase the content of a member in a PDS. Now, I use the following:



Is there a better way to do this ?

useless complication
why not use something simple like



modify the SYSUT1 DCB according to the DCB of <Your pds>

What is your real purpose here? This is simpler and faster than the previous "solutions."None of the solutions presented so far (including my solution) will prevent the member from being brought back by PDS "undelete" programs. The only way to prevent that is to "compress" the PDS after you have deleted the member as in my solution or replaced the member with a null member as in the previous "solutions," or to use a PDSE, which does not have a method to "undelete" a member.

Stece-myers. I don't want to 'delete' the record, I want to erase the content of it... Make it empty.

The solutions provide should do that. What Steve Myers is pointing out is that if you want a "security delete" of a member (where you can't get the data back afterwards), don't rely directly on these.

Have you tried the solutions? What problems do you feel they presented?

Allright! The method of enrico-sorichetti works fine!
Thank you guys