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ARJUN · Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Chennai

hi doods,

I would like to know how to invoke IDCAMS in a COBOL program and using this how to create a cluster from a COBOL program itself.

could any body help in this regard please.

Thanks in advance,

superk · Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 3314 Location: Charlotte,NC USA

I found this article via a Google search:

http://www.naspa.com/PDF/2000/0100%20TS%20PDFs/T0001006.pdf

superk · Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 3314 Location: Charlotte,NC USA

I found this article via a Google search:

http://www.naspa.com/PDF/2000/0100%20TS%20PDFs/T0001006.pdf

ARJUN · Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Chennai

thank you superk,

ok fine, I need to create a cluster using IDCAMS in COBOL program itself.

CALL "IDCAMS" USING parm-options,ddnames-options.

using this I can pass the control info of cluster using parm-options and alternate ddnames(which you can use in your run JCL) can pass thru ddnames-options.

Here is it invokes IDCAMS define or else and how.

if anybody can explain this that could be great.

ARJUN · Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Chennai

ARJUN wrote: thank you superk,

ok fine, I need to create a cluster using IDCAMS in COBOL program itself.

CALL "IDCAMS" USING parm-options,ddnames-options.

using this I can pass the control info of cluster using parm-options and alternate ddnames(which you can use in your run JCL) can pass thru ddnames-options.

Here is it invokes IDCAMS define or else and how.

if anybody can explain this that could be great.

mmwife · Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1508

Hi ARJUN,

Quote: Here is it invokes IDCAMS define or else and how.

You may want to work on the translation of this thought. It doesn't read well in English.

diet_coke · Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 1

Arjun,

I think 2 min search in google would have given following link.
check out the 2nd URL...i hope this is what your looking for...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=idcams+through+cobol

DC

ARJUN · Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Chennai

Hi mmwife,

Here my point is IDCAMS is having lot of utilities like IEBGCOPY,IEBGENER,REPRO,EXPORT,IMPORT, DEFINE cluster etc..

using the following how it is called exactly IDCAMS DEFINE CLUSTER. here I am passing parm-options,ddnames-options

CALL "IDCAMS" USING Parm-options,ddnames-options.

Through parm-options I am passing all the cluster info like cluster name,catalog name,volume serial number, data field name, index field name etc. and thru ddnames I am passing alternate ddnames which I am using in my run JCL.

Now the above call invokes IDCAMS DEFINE or not, if it is how?
if you can explain this that could be great.

lramani · Joined: 03 Nov 2004 Posts: 21 Location: NOIDA, India

Hi Arjun,
Was going thru the pdf that was sent by mmwife.
What iam not able to follow is where are u stuck up!!!

Do u want to know how the program recognizes its DEFINE cluster and not something else??

If so...then code moves " DELETE " to IDCAMS-BUFFER. (in the PDF)
In your case it might be DEFINE.

CALL IDCAMS using parm-option and DDNAME-OPTIONS solves things.

DDNAME-OPTIONS has the file name CAMSPARM, which has the IDCAMS-BUFFER.

I have not tried out this code but wud do when i get time.
I hope I am addressing to the problem that u have....else let me know what actually is the problem.

My special thanks to mmwife for sending this URL.