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triloknathreddy

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:17 am
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is there any reason why sysin dd * not coded in catalog procedures?
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:18 am
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the people who designed the whole thing decided in that way icon_biggrin.gif
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triloknathreddy

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:24 am
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but i see that sysin dd dummy and sysin dd dsn is accepted.
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:24 am
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same reason as above icon_biggrin.gif

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for good training material You might try also
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:26 pm
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Hello,

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but i see that sysin dd dummy and sysin dd dsn is accepted.
Keep in mind that the ddname does not matter - this is not about "sysin". . . It could be any ddname and dd * (instream data) is still invalid in a PROCedure.
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Ronald Burr

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:49 am
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Keep in mind that instream data identified by //anyddname DD DATA is also invalid in a PROCdure.
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