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dineshars

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:48 pm
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Is it possible to use symbolic in JCLLIB statement.

EX:
// SET USERID=T9865
// JCLLIB ORDER=(&USERID..CSS.PROCLIB)
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expat

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:04 pm
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What happened when you tried it
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PeterHolland

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:04 pm
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Why dont you try?
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Nic Clouston

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 4:28 pm
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Of course it is possible
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dbzTHEdinosauer

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 4:33 pm
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basic rule of thumb- symbolics can not be used in instream data,
otherwise,
symbolics, which are a substitution mechanism in JCL, will work with all accepted JCL statements
of which instream data is not.
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:06 pm
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in a vanilla environment
&USERID certainly NO
&SYSUID certainly YES icon_biggrin.gif
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Pete Wilson

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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:38 pm
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FYI - Zos1.13 will allow instream data in inludes
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