Gil wrote: > Is he too sharp tobe wrong? Of course not. Why would you say that? I just meant that he was explicit about it, had used variables/symbols wherever possible, couldn't get them to work in this case.
>What's he mean by "not just the single SET statement for each."? >It appears as if one SET can't govern multiple applied occurrences. >In what language is that true? Did it antedate "DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY"? It means that you set the variable and use it and it *doesn't get substituted* in these cases. So the job fails with INVALID DATA SET &whatever. And yes, this most certainly predates z/OS 2.1. The SYMBOLS= stuff might help here; will tinker, thanks! (Yes, you mentioned it before, but I didn't quite take it in.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
