Hi Massimo, Thank you for your input. I have tried that approach, that I have used on other JCL without a glitch, but it has not worked with this particular situation and I have not been able to figure out why. Regards Jack
On Thu, Nov 3, 2022, 17:42 Massimo Biancucci <mad4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jack, > > I usually use JCLVAR this way (I think you need at least zOS 2.3 or 2.4): > > // EXPORT SYMLYST=* > // SET EXTNUM=200 > //ST010 EXEC PGM=SORT > //SYSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY > INCLUDE COND=(INP_EXTNTS,GT,&EXTNUM) > /* > > JES should change SYSIN before seeding SORT. > > Best regards. > Max > > > Il giorno gio 3 nov 2022 alle ore 18:23 Jack Zukt <jzuk...@gmail.com> ha > scritto: > > > Hi, > > I am trying to improve a SORT by using a variable to specify a Include > > variable. > > I defined the variable by means of a > > //SET#EXTN SET EXTNUM=200 > > and then I used > > //STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT,PARM='JP1"&EXTNUM"' > > and > > INCLUDE=(INP_EXTNTS,GT,JP1), > > > > The problem, I think, is that the "200" is then used as C'200' and the > > INP_EXTNTS is numeric, > > > > INP_EXTNTS,*,04,BI > > and > > SUM FIELDS=(INP_EXTNTS, > > > > so no records are selected. > > Is there a way around this? > > > > Thanks for your help > > Jack > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
