There are many "why doesn't IBM" cases (why don't they uppercase my JCL when I forgot to do so? I guess it was tons of work more to make this enhancement 10 years ago in 60 year old code, than to document not to do so.
At least it is well documented, what you cannot say of other software/platforms: "something went wrong". Kees. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 23 December, 2015 16:00 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where is SET allowed in JCL? On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 07:41:15 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >Gil, >For the DD * statement, have you tried this? > >//DD2 DD * >/* >// SET >// DD PATH= .... > >Maybe the terminator /* after a DD * might work? > It makes no difference. >> On 2015-12-23, at 05:44, R.S. wrote: >> >> >> >> I hate JCL! >> > Just curious: why do you need to insert SET into DD concatenation? >> > Reversing the rhetoric, why does IBM need to prohibit SET between the first and second DD statements in a concatenation while it's allowed between any two others? I hate JCL! -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
