I, too, put DSN first. More importantly to me, I put it on a separate line. That makes ISPF File Tailoring more reliable and I'm often wanting to change the data sets I'm pointing at.
But then I'm not exactly in a Production shop. Martin Packer WW z/OS Performance, Capacity and Architecture, IBM Technology Sales +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://mainframeperformancetopics.com Mainframe, Performance, Topics Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://anchor.fm/marna-walle Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_65HaYgksbF6Q8SQ4oOvA From: "Bob Bridges" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 06/10/2021 14:57 Subject: [IBM External] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter Sent by: "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" <[email protected]> Just a side comment, you may be in the minority putting DISP first, but the minority isn't tiny; my observation is that a lot of folks do it. I sometimes do myself -- I like making parms line up, it often makes them easier to read -- but alas, my habit is still to put it after the DSN. Always in the same order, in fact, so I guess I have a "standard" even though it's peculiar to me: //DDNAME DD DSN=DATA.SET.NAME,DISP=(,CATLG), // DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=VB,LRECL=1028[,BLKSIZE=half-tracK]), // [UNIT=something,]SPACE=(CYL,(5,20),RLSE) Yeah, I still do DCB=(...). I learned JCL forty years ago. I hear it's no longer needed, but I'm used to it. Sue me. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* When I heated my home with oil, I used an average of 800 gallons a year. I have found that I can keep comfortably warm for an entire winter with slightly over half that quantity of beer. -Dave Barry, _Postpetroleum Guzzler_ */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 08:32 JED provides complete JCL validation, reformatting and enforcement of JCL standards. ... What's a "standard" Suppose a site has a standard for naming job steps. Can it enforce that? Or only "standards" in the view of the JED author. In DD statements I habitually code DISP as the first option. I may be in a minority. Does JED enforce ordering of options? Might it require or prohibit "DCB=(...)"? (is ""DCB=(...)" ever needed nowadays? I still see it coded on occasion.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
