How does that generate more than a single JOB statement, a single EXEC statement and, if device or volume is provided, a single IEFRDER DD statement? Or did you mean multiple keyword parameters on the EXEC?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Friday, May 9, 2025 9:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Limit to length of PARM= on a START command? External Message: Use Caution I want to be able to dynamically change the parameters. Changed the PROC to PARM='&P1&P2&P3' (default to null) Then I cam specify P1, P2 and P3 on the START command and multiple JCL statements are generated. On Thu, 8 May 2025 19:01:43 +0200 Massimo Biancucci <000005a019256424-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: :>Hi, :> :>you can use PARMDD syntax: :> :>//ST010 EXEC PGM=MYPGM,PARMDD=PARMIN :>... :>//PARMIN DD * :>SOMETHING UP TO 80 :>OTHER UP TO 80 :>.... :>so on :>/* :> :>JCL should concatenate N strings of xx characters, one for each PARMIN row. :> :>Keep attention ! It removes trailing spaces from rows. :> :>Best regards. :>Max :> :> :> :> :>Il giorno gio 8 mag 2025 alle ore 18:43 Binyamin Dissen < :>00000662573e2c3a-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> ha scritto: :> :>> How? :>> :>> On Thu, 8 May 2025 11:31:56 -0500 Steve Beaver :>> <0000050e0c375a14-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: :>> :>> :>You can do a continuation :>> :> :>> :> :>> :> :>> :> :>> :>-----Original Message----- :>> :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On :>> :>Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen :>> :>Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2025 11:24 AM :>> :>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU :>> :>Subject: Limit to length of PARM= on a START command? :>> :> :>> :>Interesting. There is a limit to the length of PARM= on a START :>> statement. :>> :>The :>> :>maximum length appears to be related to the JCL statement :>> :> :>> :>// PARM= :>> :> :>> :>where the parm has to fit up to column 71 (71-8)=63). :>> :> :>> :>Didn't find this documented. :>> :>> -- :>> Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> :>> http://www.dissensoftware.com/ :>> :>> Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel :>> :>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, :>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN :>> :> :>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, :>send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com/ Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
