Difference between instream and catalog procedure

hibuddies · New User Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Bangalore

Hi all..

Please any one of you list out the differences between the Instream Procedure and Catalog Procedure.

Thanks in advance.

ofer71 · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:01 am

Have you tried the fine manual?

O.

manmadharasa · New User Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Chennai

Hi,

If you think a part of code in your JCL will be used more than once, then you can use that code as a instream catalog. If you think the same code might require in some other JCL's. Then remove that part of code and put it in some separate member. So that all the JCL's can use the code from that member.

Simply saying.. Instream procedure can be used only by that JCL. Catalog procedure can be used in N number for JCL's. When you use Catalog procedure, you must use JCLLIB to provide the library which has that Catalog procedure.

I hope now you understand the differences.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:21 pm

Hello,

Instream is a "proc and pend" and is only in your jcl.

Cataloged is placed in a "proclib" and the only reference in the jcl is a