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praveenmaga
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Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Bangalore
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When I try to run my rexx thru online, the following message is populated.
"PBCL.LISTID.LIST1' file is already allocated. Please help me what i am doing syntex error.
INVALID DATA SET NAME, "PBCL.LIDID.LIST1"
MISSING DATA SET NAME OR *+
MISSING NAME OF DATA SET TO BE ALLOCATED
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My rexx code:
/*******REXX**********/
'ALLOCATE DDN(HI) DSN("PBCL.LIDID.LIST1") SHR' |
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superk
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Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 4652 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA
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You have the quotation marks backwards. It should be:
/*******REXX**********/
"ALLOCATE DDN(HI) DSN('PBCL.LIDID.LIST1') SHR" |
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superk
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Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 4652 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA
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... and you should get yourself into the habit of always using REUSE
/*******REXX**********/
"ALLOCATE DDN(HI) DSN('PBCL.LIDID.LIST1') SHR REUSE" |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 6966 Location: porcelain throne
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and be sure to FREE dsn in your REXX script.
If your REXX script bombs before your script executes the FREE dsn statement,
you can do a command line TSO FREEE 'dsn' before you test your REXX script again. |
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praveenmaga
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Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Bangalore
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thnx..its working fine now. |
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expat
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Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 8797 Location: Welsh Wales
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Easy enough to duplicate one line that frees all of the files used in a REXX, one copy at the start, one at the end. |
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