Difference b/w passing parm from jcl to cobol and cobol-db2

saurabh7878 · New User Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 16

Hi all
Is there a difference in passing the parameters from JCL to a cobol program and a cobol-db2 program..........

I know we can pass parameter to a cobol program specifying
PARM ='VALUES' in the JCL...
But not sure about cobol-db2 program

Thanks in advance

somasundaran_k · Active User Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 134

Put your PARM in the SYSTSIN card. Something like

hikaps14 · Active User Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 189 Location: Noida

Hi ,

I want to keep parm in jcl as variable .

if i keep it in systin inside pds-member then it can't be a variable .

is there any other way to pass parm from jcl (its a cobol-db2 prog.) .

Thanks ,
-Kapil.

prasadvrk · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:30 pm

supply a parm card instead of hard coding the SYSTSIN details as below:
//SYSTSIN DD DSN=&SUPPLY YOURPARMLIB HERE(MEM)

YOURPARMLIB HERE(MEM) will contain the following details

DSN SYSTEM(DAD0)
RUN PROGRAM(PGM) -
PLAN(PGM) -
PARM(' 2006-02-03')
END

hikaps14 · Active User Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 189 Location: Noida

tat is exactly wat i m saying .

i dont want to pass parm from inside a member .
because i hav to change parm again n again .
i want to control parm from jcl itself .

i hope i am clear now .
1 more thing i can't use 'accept' verb .

Thanks ,
-Kapil.

prasadvrk · Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:08 am

You have to use REXX to do that if your client has any REXX utilities you may go for them