On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:50:49 -0500, Weidt, James wrote:
>Ahhhhh!!! The search for the holy grail continues!!!
>
Indeed.
I've noticed that if I create a symbolic alias with such as:
DEFINE ALIAS( NAME( user.WHATEVER ) -
SYMBOLICRELATE( user.WHATEVER.D&YYMMDD ) )
... I can use that alias to access existing data sets (DISP=OLD)
incorporating today's date. But if I try to create a data set
(DISP=NEW), the job fails. Bummer. I think I understand the
logic that leads to the failure. Still bummer.
But, doesn't this mostly dispel the rationale repeatedly given
for not allowing references to &YYMMDD in batch JCL, viz that
earlier processes (Reader? Converter? Other?) need to know
how system symbols will be resolved to build real data set names?
And how would the JES3 scheduler deal with such a construct?
-- gil
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