Passing Value to a COBOL program through SYSIN DD.

virender_bhat · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

Hi,
I need to pass a String of more than 100 characters to a COBOL Program from JCL through a SYSIN DD statement. Can anybody help me out?

Regards,
Virender Bhat

Pollyannaish · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:26 pm

I am not very sure of two things in your requirement:-

1. Why do you want to pass it thru SYSIN?
2. Why are u not using a file instead of SYSIN when the length is more than could be handles thru PARM parameter.

is there any specific requirement that value needs to be passed thru SYSIN only?

virender_bhat · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

Basically I need to pass some description to a Batch Program which sometimes becomes more than 100 characters. Using a file I think is not worth for this. At present I am using PARM parameter, but as I said sometimes the string is of more than 100 characters.

Pollyannaish · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:38 pm

In that case use this link

http://www.simotime.com/cblpar01.htm#CobolProgramSysin

Let me know if you need more help..

superk · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:07 pm

virender_bhat, what information are you looking for? There is no length restriction for the data passed through the SYSIN DD statement or through the PARM statement.