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sdaruna
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HI All,
When i was accepting a Dataset name as input in REXX, it was adding the Prefix automatically.
Ex - If i ve given input as aaa.bbb.ccc, its considering the input as xyz.aaa.bbb.ccc.
If that prefixing was due to the profile, i dont want to do changes to my profile and dont want to use any strip or substring commands.
Please help me out, to make the program to consider the PDS name without any prefix in REXX. |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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here we go again,
you know what you are doing (as far as what you are doing)
be we have no idea.
1. what input method/process are you using?
2. are you putting single quotes around the DSN before you use it in any sytem command within your rexx script?
I imagine the answer to #2 is no, and that is why your arguement is being prefixed with the racf/sms project/group prefix of which you are a member.
I don't image that you are using TRACE? refer to the manual,
add the TRACE command to your script and run it again.
then come back with your questions. |
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Pedro
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You did not give an example of the commands that produce the error, but likely you need to add quotes in your commands:
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"ALLOC F(A) DSN(my.pds)"
"ALLOC F(B) DSN('my.pds')" |
In the first case without quotes, it will add the prefix defined in my profile.
In the second case, the 'fully qualified' name is specified through the use of quotes and your prefix will not be added.
It is not a problem: it is a feature. |
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Akatsukami
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| Pedro wrote: |
| It is not a problem: it is a feature. |
And it is a feature of TSO, not Rexx. |
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sdaruna
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I dont want to show it in complex way..
till now i have been using the strip command.
I tried simple one to show as an example.
SAY 'ENTER 2 DATASETS'
PULL S1
PULL S2
SELECT
IF SYSDSN("S1") <> 'OK' THEN SAY "DATASET DOESN'T EXIST" S1
END
after executing it
IF I VE GIVEN INPUT AS AAA.BBB.CCC, ITS ADDING MY PROJECT DIRECTORY AUTOMATICALLY TO THE ENTERED INPUT |
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sdaruna
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knew its a feature..
say..i didnt put it properly..
Now, i dont want to get those prefixes added to the input...
if there is any predefined function or any solution is there to do it in rexx it self, please help me out.
sorry, if i was not connecting you well.. i was in a bit of hurry... |
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Akatsukami
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| :: sigh :: You completely failed to read and/or understand what Mr. Brenholtz wrote, didn't you? He gave you the solution. |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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sdaruna,
you are not helping yourself by not giving us any information.
plus, your coding is sloppy
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IF SYSDSN("S1") <> 'OK' THEN SAY "DATASET DOESN'T EXIST" S1
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try
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IF SYSDSN('S1') <> 'OK' THEN SAY 'DATASET: ' S1 ' DOESN'T EXIST'
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and you are lazy. had you used trace,
you would have seen that "S1" does not prevent prefixing.
'S1' will. |
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Nic Clouston
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Actually, just tried it - quoting (single or double) prevents prefixing
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/*- Rexx -*/
Say 'Enter a dataset name:'
Pull dsn1
If SYSDSN("dsn1") <> 'OK' THEN SAY "Double quoted dsn does not exist"
If SYSDSN('dsn1') <> 'OK' THEN SAY 'Single quoted dsn does not exist'
If SYSDSN(dsn1) <> 'OK' THEN SAY 'Unquoted dsn does not exist'
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Enter a dataset name:
jcl.cntl
Double quoted dsn does not exist
Single quoted dsn does not exist
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Pedro
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| Actually, just tried it - quoting (single or double) prevents prefixing |
Nic, show us your trace.
There are two things in play here:
1. the quotes are delimiters for string constants in rexx
2. The single quotes are used in TSO commands to determine if it is fully qualified or if the prefix should be added.
In Nic's example, I believe the quotes prevent variable substitution and it will always look for '&prefix.DSN1'
To prevent the prefix from being added, you need both the single quote for TSO and the double quote for rexx:
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pull DSN1
dsn1 = "'" || dsn1 || "'" |
Or the user can provide the quotes. Which your program needs to account for. |
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Nic Clouston
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Also, I think I mis-interpreted what DBZ was saying.
But, while I was pondering this and saying to myself that if you do not want a datset prefixed by your default prefix then single quote it, I recalled that you can single quote a dataset in jcl thus
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| //BLAH DD DSN='N13964.JCL.CNTL',DISP=SHR |
Useless with standard MVS DSNs but you sometimes get datasets from other OSes that allow blanks, for example, in a dataset name. Not a lot of people left who know that (possibly). |
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Akatsukami
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| Nic Clouston wrote: |
But, while I was pondering this and saying to myself that if you do not want a datset prefixed by your default prefix then single quote it, I recalled that you can single quote a dataset in jcl thus
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| //BLAH DD DSN='N13964.JCL.CNTL',DISP=SHR |
Useless with standard MVS DSNs but you sometimes get datasets from other OSes that allow blanks, for example, in a dataset name. Not a lot of people left who know that (possibly). |
An SMS-managed data set will only allow the standard character set (decimal digits, uppercase alphas, and nationals) and hyphens to be used in DSNs. If, OTOH, the data set is not SMS-managed, you can use any character in the DSN except X'04'. |
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Pedro
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BTW, I think the manual describes the issue of quotes / prefixes for SYSDSN fairly well:
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You can specify the dsname in any of the following ways:
* Fully-qualified data set name -- The extra quotation marks prevent
TSO/E from adding your prefix to the data set name.
x = SYSDSN("'sys1.proj.new'")
x = SYSDSN('''sys1.proj.new''')
* Non fully-qualified data set name that follows the naming conventions
-- When there is only one set of quotation marks or no quotation
marks, TSO/E adds your prefix to the data set name.
x = SYSDSN('myrexx.exec')
x = SYSDSN(myrexx.exec)
* Variable name that represents a fully-qualified or non fully-qualified
data set name -- The variable name must not be enclosed in quotation
marks because quotation marks prevent variable substitution.
variable = "exec"
x = SYSDSN(variable) /* looks for 'userid.exec' */
y = SYSDSN('variable') /* looks for 'userid.variable' */
z = SYSDSN("'"variable"'") /* looks for 'exec' */ |
Nic mentioned:
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| I think I mis-interpreted what DBZ was saying. |
You probably read it right, but his example was also wrong. |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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Pedro,
you are correct.
I usually just put my DSNs in a variable,
when I want to avoid prefixing, I include the single quotes in the varaible
when I want to have the prefixing done, i don't include the single quotes in the variable.
agan,
this should be a no brainer, when you run with TRACE,
you see the resolved DSN for the ALLOC or SYSDSN command
and fiddle with it til it works. |
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Bill Woodger
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| dbzTHEdinosauer wrote: |
[...]this should be a no brainer, when you run with TRACE,
you see the resolved DSN for the ALLOC or SYSDSN command
and fiddle with it til it works. |
This is where I exhibit inconsistency, with regards to the "debugger" sort of thing.
The above is always how I do it (the trace and fiddle part) in rexx. It's how I learned rexx and the intricacies of CMS, XEDIT etc. |
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jerryte
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| sdaruna wrote: |
IF SYSDSN("S1") <> 'OK' THEN SAY "DATASET DOESN'T EXIST" S1
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The SYSDSN() is not a rexx function but actually a TSO External function. It is TSO that prefixes the dataset name with your user id. Rexx will pass a string to SYSDSN. If that string is enclosed in single quotes then TSO doesn't prefix it. This is the same as using option 1 or 2 in ISPF.
In your Rexx you need to add the single quote to the string. Below is sample code
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ARG dsname
msg = SYSDSN("'" || dsname || "'")
IF msg <> 'OK' THEN
SAY dsname msg
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Pedro
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| IF SYSDSN("S1") <> 'OK' THEN SAY "DATASET DOESN'T EXIST" S1 |
BTW, there could be problems other than 'does not exist'.
Perhaps something like this is more useful to display the actual message that is returned:
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IF SYSDSN("S1") <> 'OK' THEN
SAY "Problem with" S1 ":" sysdsn("s1") |
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jerryte
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Pedro
Take a look at the code I posted above yours. It does something similiar but is more efficient since it calls SYSDSN only once. The message is assigned to a variable "msg" so that it can be written out as part of an error message. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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time to lock the topic, too much useless noise on the air  |
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