Roger, Does this restriction also include the PARM?
I have no problems passing the below string to a program that calls ASASYMBM to get substitutied values: // PARM='&SYSPLEX &SYSNAME &SYSNAME(1) &SYSCLONE &HHMMSS' Thanks! -Victor- On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:38:32 -0600, Roger Bolan <roger.bo...@infoprint.com> wrote: >The short answer, from the JCL Reference, says this: > You cannot use system symbolsexcept for &SYSUID, in batch JCL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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