Thanks for that... I was just in the MGCRE macro a couple of months ago and did not recall seeing any changes.
On Tue Sep 18 11:40 , 'Craddock, Chris' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >> ..re > Can't it be done in JCL now that the old parm input size >> restriction has been relieved? >> >> I would say call me stupid but too many members would take me up on >the >> offer. ;) >> >> Instead, I'll just ask, when did this occur? I remember the >long-running >> discussion not too long ago about this subject but did not pick up on >the >> "fact" that it had been done. > >I don't believe that it has been done (yet) and if it has been disclosed >to vendors I was probably asleep at the time. But that has nothing to do >with the operator command text limit. > >The 126 character limit for MGCRE (the command interface macro for those >not familiar with z/OS arcanna) is STILL documented. Here's the relevant >snip from the macro doc; > >TEXT=text addr >Specifies the address of a command area. The first 2 bytes >of this command area contain the length of the command. The command text >immediately follows this 2-byte area, and can be up to 126 characters. >The command must be in storage addressable by the caller at the time the >caller issues MGCRE. > >There does not seem to be anything magical about that length. The >content of the text macro parameter ends up being tacked onto the end of >the CIB and the CIBX follows behind that. It is -possible- that the >limit is in fact larger, but where the book specifies an actual number I >tend to treat it as gospel. Someone from IBM can probably tell us >whether the limit is real or a doc apar waiting to be noticed. > >CC > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
