Sure, but you can have DYNALLOC do either of two things: (1) You specify your own DD name, or (2) Allow DYNALLOC to generate the DD name for you
Because COBOL likes static DD names, you can specify the dataset name, and ask it to relate it to a DD name that you then specify in your FD. David Logan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ganesh Rao Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Two COBOL questions David, Even if it is ASM, would he not need the DD to read a permanent dataset ? He can still use a constant DD in COBOL and do dynalloc using bpxwdyn, putenv or TSO ALLOC against the dataset, then read that DD, correct ? -Gani On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 05:39:18 -0700, David Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Per question #2, look up DYNALLOC. I don't know if there are any COBOL calls >for it, but you can write a routine in C/C++, PLI, ASM or just about any >other language to make an SVC 99 call. > >David Logan > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
