On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:10:30 -0500, John McKown wrote: > > > >Total agreement. But I understand why. We have an occasional S0C7 due to > >the end user uploading bad data. My solution was to change a SORT control > >card in a stand alone SORT step. After over a month, this change is still > >pending research and approval. It is actually _easier_ for the programmer > >to allow the abend, then edit the uploaded file (deleting records), and > >rerun the job than to get the fix put in. It is a single control card > >change. > > > But aren't you committing a Process violation by altering data outside > a controlled process? I suppose you can call it an emergency response. > But that shouldn't become routine. > Agreement. And I had best just leave it at that. > > >Changing JCL requires copying from Production to test. Testing. Move to > >MDOF. Test. Move to Production. This is known a "bureaucratic utopia". > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
