GDG Error: POSITIONAL PARM MUST BE SPECIFIED BEFORE KEYWORD

ybhavesh · New User Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 46 Location: mumbai

Hi All

I am getting an error while writing a GDG program please give me solution to solve it.

William Thompson · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:12 pm

It is seeing your SPACE as a positional parameter since it does not have the keyword required "="........

expat · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:26 pm

What your JCL is trying to do is to create a dataset with exactly the same name as your GDG base. Perhaps specifying (+1) might help.

I guess from the DD name of MODEL your are attempting to set up a model DSCB or reference DSCB to use in conjunction with the GDG base.

If your site has SMS installed, forget about having a model or reference DSCB, you do not need it.

Go chat with your nice storage guys and say to them, please set up a DUMMY DATACLAS that will be attributed to every GDG that is created either tape or DASD, SMS or NON SMS. The DATACLAS should NOT allocate any attributes to the GDG being created i.e. RECFM, LRECL, or anything else, hence a dummy DATACLAS. These attributes should be taken from the JCL.

This way you do not need any models or dummy dcbs, no problems for ANY GDG, as above - SMS, NON SMS, tape or DASD.

ybhavesh · New User Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 46 Location: mumbai

Hi i am getting error again maxcc=16

//MYJOB JOB 'BHAVESH',NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSIN DD *
DEFINE GDG( -
NAME(OSOP.BCB1O.TEST)-
LIMIT(10)-
NOEMPTY -
SCRATCH)
//STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//MODEL1 DD DSN=OSOP.BCB1O.TEST,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// UNIT=3390,VOL=SER=WORKY1,
// SPACE=(TRK,0),
// DCB=(LRECL=80,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=800)
//

JESYSMSG

ICH70001I BCB1O LAST ACCESS AT 17:20:54 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007
IEF236I ALLOC. FOR MYJOB STEP1
IEF237I JES2 ALLOCATED TO SYSIN
IDC4999I UABORT CODE 36
IEC130I AMSDUMP DD STATEMENT MISSING
IEF142I MYJOB STEP1 - STEP WAS EXECUTED - COND CODE 0016
IEF285I BCB1O.MYJOB.JOB00027.D0000101.? SYSIN
IEF373I STEP/STEP1 /START 2007075.1722
IEF374I STEP/STEP1 /STOP 2007075.1722 CPU 0MIN 00.01SEC SRB 0MIN 00.00
IEF236I ALLOC. FOR MYJOB STEP2
IEF237I JES2 ALLOCATED TO SYSPRINT
IGD100I 0813 ALLOCATED TO DDNAME MODEL1 DATACLAS ( )
IEF142I MYJOB STEP2 - STEP WAS EXECUTED - COND CODE 0000
IEF285I BCB1O.MYJOB.JOB00027.D0000102.? SYSOUT
IEF285I OSOP.BCB1O.TEST CATALOGED
IEF285I VOL SER NOS= WORKY1.
STEP/STEP2 /START 2007075.1722
STEP/STEP2 /STOP 2007075.1722 CPU 0MIN 00.01SEC SRB
JOB/MYJOB /START 2007075.1722
JOB/MYJOB /STOP 2007075.1722 CPU 0MIN 00.02SEC SRB

William Thompson · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:39 pm

Where is the output from the IDCAMS? That will tell you why you got an RC16.
For step2 to work correctly, you will have to delete the existing occurances of OSOP.BCB1O.TEST and add the "(+1)" to the DSN=.

expat · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:54 pm

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dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:56 pm

Hello,

If you are getting new errors, please post the modified jcl, control statements, and error message(s).