On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:53:35 -0500, Scott Barry wrote: >A JCL SET statement value can also be passed and resolved as a PARM= >string, so it is possible to write a program in your favorite language that >takes >the PARM= value and writes the data to a DD allocation in a job-step. And if >you must have multiple data lines substituted, for example as SYSIN, use >multiple job-steps with DISP=NEW for the first step and DISP=MOD for each >additional job-step. > Actually, for a temporary data set, you can use DISP=(MOD,PASS) for every step because it starts out empty. This makes it easier to rearrange the order of steps if necessary.
>At one site I support, this technique is used to build IDCAMS control >statements for execution. > Gee, that's ugly. And not quite modular: you have to first install the helper program. I suppose it could be inline SYSIN to a leading assembler step. Or Rexx in an IEBGENER step. Gee, I still wish Rexx could access SET symbol values (Yeah, I know; use SDSF to read the JCL text.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
