The issue comes into play though when you use SYMBOLS in started task JCL. If the Symbol fits that would seem fine but it would be possible for the substitution text to be longer and thus cause a JCL error.
Sean -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SYMDEF length limitations I RTFMed before asking, but it looked strange to me that the length of the variable value is forced by the length of the variable name... Itschak On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Smith, Sean M < [email protected]> wrote: > Check the Init and Tuning Reference instead of the Guide. The reference > is very clear about the length of the symbol as well the length of the > substitution text. > > Sean > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: SYMDEF length limitations > > I looked in the init & Tunning guide but it is not clear if the Value of > a > symdef variable is limited in length. Can I use SYMDEF to create a > variable > that holds 44 chars dsname? > > Itschak > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
