--- On Tue, 3/17/09, Tom Marchant <[email protected]> wrote:
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> You only need one DCB, and can specify multiple
> destinations using
> // OUTPUT statements.
>
Yes I know that Tom. I guess I will have to go back and read your entry again
and try to understand it better.
Yes I know you can have multiple destinations in one output statement the
problem is "how many" ? I would *GUESS* that there is some limit. I never ran
into it though in all honesty, but knowing how IBM works I would "guess" that
it is probably less than 255 and limited at to the number of continuation cards
you can have in an output statement. Please check you JCL manual for the real
number.
As someone else said it before I will I like the KISS methodology it has saved
me from so many calls at 03AM that I learned to love it over the years. When we
went from 3420's to 3480's the production manager insisted on his way of
changing unit=3480 I showed him a no brainer way to do it and at first he
fought it, I showed him what was needed to fall back and he loved my idea. The
conversion happened without any pain or error and we did not have to fall back
either. Thank goodness to IBM.
You are right about the free=close issue though. Thanks for pointing it out. I
would guess then that it could be trouble if you do dynamic allocations and do
not code it. Of course it as usual depends. There are pro's and con's I would
weigh it each way before doing it though. One of side issues I would guess if
the job did not work the report could be in Newyork(or take your pick) before
the job ends and you could be distributing bad data and not know it. This could
cause some legal issues so make sure you want to print the reports only after
the job has good output:)
Ed
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