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ekamra_routray
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Hi All,
I have a requirement in which I have to check the value of a symbolic parameter in a proc. I am not able to do that using if statement.
In the proc I am using the check as
// if &BCP = 'O03' Then
// ...............
// End if
This if statement is failing saying operand BCP is not proper and can not use relational operator here..I didnt not find any example where in we are using if statement for checking any variable other than keywords like RC ,MAXCC or ABEND
Can anyone help me in this - I am kind of stuck here  |
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murmohk1
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| JCL IF is not designed to verify the user values. |
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superk
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The VALUE of the variable would have to be checked programatically:
//PSXX EXEC PGM=PGMX,PARM='&BCP' |
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ekamra_routray
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| Thanks for the reply.. Is there any work around to achieve this instead of using if ? |
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murmohk1
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| Is there any work around to achieve this instead of using if ? |
May be if you psot your requirement clearly...... we may show you some way. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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| Is there any work around to achieve this instead of using if ? |
it depends on how You submit the JOB..
if it is submitted thru a scheduler, the scheduler will usually take care of passing the right parameters ...
if it a job submitted by the user then...
if it is a straight submit via ISPF edit, You must trust the submitter
if it is submitted thru a user developed ISPF application,
then it is the application responsibility to check for the correctness of the paramters |
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ekamra_routray
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| We have a requirement to check the symbolic parameter and do some processing based on the value of the symbolic parameter..If I can check the value of this parameter some how in the JCL the processing would be easier..Otherwise we have to change the processing right from the place from where this symbolic variable is getting populated which will involve lot of changes.Just trying to get a work around for this without writing a program as we do not have top change the program each time the processing change. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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You cannot achieve what You want at no charge !
the simplest way without writing a program, is ....
Write and submit different JOBS
Otherwise You have to write a program to check the parameter,
set a return code, rewrite the jcl logic based on cond codes |
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ekamra_routray
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| Thanks a lot for the reply..Just wandering can we call eztrieve pgm with parameter to achieve this.This way we call still do it inside the JCL |
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Craq Giegerich
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| ekamra_routray wrote: |
| Thanks a lot for the reply..Just wandering can we call eztrieve pgm with parameter to achieve this.This way we call still do it inside the JCL |
If you look at it that way then write a COBOL or ASM program and you could still do it inside the JCL. |
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