> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: JCL parms > > > On 4 Jan 2008 10:28:37 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: > > >I'd be overjoyed if IBM would admit to the possibility of a > parm string > >up to 32,767 bytes, and design parm-driven software with > that in mind. > >And allow JCL to accept a parm of that length. Changes to > code would be > >minimal, since it already uses a halfword length. Changes to JCL > >processing might be rather major, so I don't expect this to be done > >overnight, as long as it's kep in mind. > > Why should this be a problem in JCL processing? Do you expect there > will be jobs that depend upon the current limitations?
Yes. I know of some programs which move the PARM into their own, predefined, storage. Said storage is DC CL100. And they don't check that the input is <=100 characters. Poor planning, but none-the-less. I also like my "environment variable" idea because I'm lazy. I can fetch the contents of an environment variable by name and not need to parse the PARM looking for it. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
