Vernooij, CP wrote:
>"Robert Birdsall" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The limitation of 7 characters for TSO IDs ...
>> What is the underlying technical reason for the restriction?
>Because jobnames submitted by users are constructed from the userid plus
1 character.
Perhaps, but the most probable reason is in the ADD command in ACCOUNT.
>From 'TSO/E System Programming Command Reference':
ACCOUNT--ADD subcommand
userid - specifies the user ID for a new entry in the UADS and the broadcast
data set.
value: 1-7 alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic or special
character
HTH!
Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht
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