In <p06240805c71505a12...@[192.168.1.11]>, on 11/02/2009
at 04:58 PM, "Robert A. Rosenberg" <hal9...@panix.com> said:
>When CALLED as opposed to JCL LAUNCHED, do these IBM Compilers accept a
>longer than 100 character PARM Entry (while also accepting DDNAME
>Overrides in Parms 2+)?
Yes. They're not coded to test for jobstep; in fact, there's no incentive
for them to test. If they have code for a first parameter of, e.g., up to
255 then it works just fine for 100 or less.
>If so THEN you have a conflict with using a PARMX.
Which was why I proposed an alternative to PARMX.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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