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z/TPFDF

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TPFDF should provide a more efficient SORT command

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00021Contact Originator Id: Waseem MajeedAbstract: TPFDF should provide a more efficient way to SORT sub-files.Description: The current SORT command internally uses a DBADD to SORT files. In an effort to make the process more e...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Recoup User Exit improvements

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00011Contact Originator Id: SK AhnAbstract: When processing a fixed displacement reference from user-defined codes, the boundary of the physical block needs to be checked first.Description: When a logical record referenced from...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Support block size expansion

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00010Contact Originator Id: SK AhnAbstract: TPFDF customers want to see TPFDF Capture & Restore utility support block size expansion as well as that of logical records.Description: TPFDF Capture & Restore support expans...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Allow CRUISE to reallocate TPFDF database primes using Capture / Restore procedure

To reduce pool chaining in a highly accessed TPFDF database we would like to reallocate the prime records from their 1K face type to a 4K face type.The CRUISE RESTORE can only restore records to the original FARF addresses used by the CAPTURE proc...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

New TPFDF DBCLS option DETAC_NORELEASE to allow reuse of a DETAC chain

This enhancement is for a new option on the TPFDF DBCLS macro, similar to the DFCLS_NORELEASE but it would also retain any DETAC chains and reuse them when the next DBOPN is issued on that file, provided that DBOPN also uses DETAC and NOHOLD optio...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Recoup Phase 5 use of the RTL tape

Recoup phase 5 (ZRECP DUMP entry) writes all lost and erroneously available file pool records to the current real-time logging tape (RTA or RTL). Can the recoup phase 5 process be changed to write to a different tape thats only used for recoup? HP...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Add TPFDF function details to macro trace in a post processed dump

TPFDF calls appear in dump macro trace as an ENTRC to a UA** assembler program, the reader must then consult the TPFDF programs for details of the actual function.Could this information be included in the macro trace on the same line as the ENTRC?...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 5 Future consideration

Allow packing of an entire file or parts of a file by ZUDFM PACK ID command.

z/TPFDF provides 2 ways to PACK subfiles: 1)ZUDFM PACK can pack a currently linked subfile only. In order to pack an entire file all contained file addresses needed to be linked via ZUDFM ACC or FAD followed by ZUDFM PACK command. 2)CRUISE provide...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

TPFDF Cruise Verify should give number of items per Lrec Id

Today the CRUISE VERIFY utility gives the total number of ITEMS.We would appreciate to have also the number of items for each Lrec id.
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Future consideration

Lrec ID data collection

TPFDF needs to collect statistics on the access/updates by Lrec id for a given file. These stats do not need to be collected for all files.
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Future consideration

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