Victor, I don't know. I haven't tried that myself. I was just quoting a line from the JCL Reference verbatim that says &SYSUID is the only system symbol you can use in JCL. I haven't used ASASYMBM. I looked it up. I suspect that what you are passing to ASASYMBM is just the parameter string as you see it, and ASASYMBM itself is resolving the values rather than the JCL.
--Roger IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 04/09/2009 08:43:02 AM: > 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 > _____________________________________________________________________________ "This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Thank you." _____________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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