There is a limitation on parms of 100 bytes if memory serves me. Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com
On Mar 7, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Yup. That's what I was referring to when I said " I'm sure I could wrestle > with the rules for continuing quoted parameters, but that makes an obscure, > difficult to maintain mess IMHO." > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of R.S. > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 1:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tips for continuing DD statement with only one parameter field > > JCL Reference is your friend: > > //S1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='THIS IS A LONG PARAMETER WITHIN APOST > // ROPHES, CONTINUED IN COLUMN 16 OF THE NEXT RECORD' > > Example 4 shows continuation of a parameter field when a parameter is > enclosed in apostrophes. The parameter field is continued from column 71 > of the first card image to column 16 of the second. > > APOST - 'T' has to be on 71th column > ROPHES - 'R' has to be on 16th column. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

