> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:00 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: instream data > > Now that we've been on z/OS for a few weeks I feel to need to ask a > question that has annoyed me since I started working on z/OS two years > ago. Instream datasets are good. Why are they not supported inside of > procs? Is there a technical reason, or is it just "because"? We use > procs for almost all of our production jobs, with many steps that could > take advantage of instream datasets if not for this restriction.
Well, I might argue with the assertion "Instream datasets are good" as I try to avoid them in production jobs, but that's just me. I put most such data as members of a "datalib" PDS(E). On the other hand, it is quite possible to use overrides to make instream data available to a PROC step (it is trickier to get it into a nested PROC) //STEP1 EXEC MYPROC //SYSIN DD * Stuff //MYPROC PROC //MYSTEP EXEC PGM=MYPGM //SYSIN DD etc. // PEND Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > > Thanks, > Frank > > -- > > Frank Swarbrick > Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development > FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA > P: 303-235-1403 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
