The numbers in the original post are not in the "comments field" of a regular JCL statement. The numbers are on a comment card that began with //*. The book says Do not continue a comment statement using continuation conventions. Instead, code additional comment statements.
The book also says: The following are JCL statements that you cannot continue. While you cannot continue these statements, you can code as many separate statements as you need. JCL Command statement Comment statement Delimiter statement Null statement --Roger Patrick Lyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> 09/26/2008 10:31 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject STC JCL Question Greetings List - We just came across an issue that I would like to address with the group to determine why this happened. In testing of going to release 3.2 of CICS we had an issue with only one of the regions having a S0C4 abend in the TMON program at PLT startup. This did not happen in any of the other regions, just a particular one. What we found was in the STEPLIB statement, on the line where we had the SDFHLPA, the numbers that should be in columns 72-80 were pulled to the left, probably an oversight when the dataset name was changed. The JCL is below. You would think it would have failed for a JCL error but it did not. But it brings to question what happens in this case? Did it invailidate that line and not use it? Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks to anyone who knows what happened in this case. Regards, Patrick Lyon Snip of the STEPLIB is below. Probably will not format correctly but it is worth a shot: //* CICS STEPLIB - CONTAINS MODULES LOADED BY SUPERVISOR SERVICES 00110009 //* 00110010 //STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CEE.SCEERUN // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TCPIP.SEZALINK //* DD DISP=SHR,DSN=PRD1.CICSTS32.LINKLIB.KH // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CICSTS32.CICS.SDFHAUTH // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CICSTS32.CICS.SDFHLPA 00200000 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=PROD1.TMON.CICS32.TCELOAD // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=PROD1.TMON.LMSS0204.LMKLOAD // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=PROD1.TMON.LMSS0204.LMKRLOD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
