The step contains more than 3273 DD statements then what will happen the job if I submit..?

serken

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• Dec 20th, 2008

The original question was about the number OF DD STATEMENTS, not(!) the number of JOB STEPS!

gskn4u

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• May 16th, 2008

Maximum of 255 steps will be executed at once. but if you want to execute more then 255, then divide the jcl in parts. run the first JCL and after checking the return code run the next JCL within...

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bdattagupta

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• Apr 4th, 2010

Basically INTRDR is a special sysout thru which we can submit a JCL for example. Lets take the below example://STEP001  EXEC PGM=IEBEDIT          ...

guraddiv

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• May 14th, 2008

its not intdr, its intrdr which is a internal reader used to submit  the jcl through the cobol program.

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What is the SORT CARD pertaining to the following statements:SD SORT-FILE.01 SORT REC. 05 NAME PIC X(10). 05 FILLER PIC X(45). 05 DEPIT PIC X(15). 05 AGE PIC 9(3). 05 SALARY PIC 9(6)V99 COMP-3. 05 FILLER PIC X(13).SORT SORT FILE ON ASCENDING KEY NAME SALARY DESCENDING KEY AGE.OPTIONS:a. SORT FIELDS=(1,10,CH,A,774,5,PD,A,71,3,ZD,D)B. SORT FIELDS=(1,10,CH,A,71,3,PD,D,74,5,ZD,A)C.SORT...

rajkumarp2008

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• Jul 1st, 2008

Sort Fields=(1,10,CH,A,74,5,PD,A,71,3,ZD,D)

guraddiv

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• May 21st, 2008

The correct answer is   a. SORT FIELDS=(1,10,CH,A,74,5,PD,A,71,3,ZD,D)

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Hi, Can anybody please tell me what is the exact purpose of the CEEDUMP and SYSUDUMP and How effectively we can use them for the problem solving( abend handling)

kalpana manoharan

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• Sep 18th, 2008

CEEDUMP:Common Execution Environment DUMPThe CEEDUMP run-time option is used to specify options to control the processing |of the Language Environment dump report CEEDUMP.SYSUDUMPProduces a dump of user areas. The dump is formatted, so that it can be printed directly.

prasenjit_in

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• Sep 1st, 2008

These are the dumps which are used to check abends.These are very rarely used now -a-days beco'z there are many user friendly abend tools available.  

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What is meant by multithreading in JCL?

kckinney

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• Sep 3rd, 2010

That's a trick question - JCL does not inherently support multithreading.  (Assuming multithreading means running several programs/processes at the same time.)A redneck way of accomplishing t...

sandeep.gadhave

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• Apr 1st, 2010

You can reduce the processing time of a job by using multi-threading, by separating the input into different ranges and execute the same programs by submitting multiple jobs per range.

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What happens when we give disp=(new,catlg,catlg) and the job is terminated?

yuvaevergreen

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• Apr 4th, 2010

Disp=(new,catlg,catlg) indicates that the dataset to be 1.created in the particular step.2.catalogue the dataset if the job runs successfully.3.catalogue the dataset even if the job abends.

modi.uttam

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• Mar 31st, 2010

Data set will not be deleted after termination of job.

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Hi,I need some suggestion on below query. Requirement details are mentioned below.Code one JCL with 4 steps (STEP01, STEP02, STEP03, STEP04). Now STEP01 will read one CONTROL CARD data and as per the contents of that CONTROL CARD data next step execution will be decided.CONTROL CARD will have either 01 or 02 or 03. Now if 01 there in the CONTROL CARD then STEP02 will execute, if 02 then STEP03 will...

Rajesh

• Aug 1st, 2014

I will suggest write a cobol program in step 1 to read the SYSIN value and based on the value set Return code value. For example Value Return code set 01 01 02 02 03 03 04 0...

davindersingh29

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• May 17th, 2013

One of the approaches I can think of is instead create 3 procs and call the proc depending on the value in control card (populate proc value name from control card).

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1.What is the difference between JCL and JES.?
2.What is the difference between VSAM and DB2?

rasheeed17

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• Jan 19th, 2012

JCL: JCL is a language, We write JOBs in JCL laguage that is understood by Mainframe and job is executed, space allocations & other resource allocation is done according to the keywords specified by ...

mohammadanis.jamadar

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• Oct 4th, 2011

JCL: is Job control Language.Through jcl we can decide what job has to be run what programs needs to be run.
JES: Job entry System : This will take care of the execution of the job . when a job is submitted it will allocate space for execution and will help in execution

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What are the changes to be done in JCL for Cobol-db2 program to execute?

rasheeed17

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• Jan 19th, 2012

To run an DB2 program,. 1) in Job card changes (to specify which db2 environment to be connected) --> Add SCHENV=DB2 keyword, DB21-> db2 env , your db2 admin/ PM will provide this {geshibot langu...

davindersingh29

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• Jan 17th, 2012

You have to write a JCL to run a cobol-db2 program. Can you please give your JCL if you need any changes.

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sathish

• Jun 25th, 2016

CLASS parameter is used categorise is short or long run execution....
MSGCLASS is used to specific the the output device wher the SYSTEM MSG and JCL MSG is is printed

gandikotasiva

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• Apr 27th, 2012

CLASS parameter specifies weather it is a long or short running job,,, it has a range of A-Z, 0-9 A-------1MIN B-------5MIN .. MSGCLASS specifies the output device to which the messages are sent it ca...

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Explain VSAM. Write a program to copy data from PDs to VSAM data set.

Nagaraju

• May 23rd, 2017

Vsam stands for Virtual storage access method. It is an interface between application program and direct access storage device. Program: //jobcard //step1 exec pgm=idcams //sysprint dd sysout=* ...

P MANIKRISHNA REDDY

• Jan 6th, 2016

using REPRO function to copy the data from pds to vsam syntax: //jobcard //setp1 exec pgm=idcams //dd1 dd dsn=fss244.mani.pds(m1),disp=shr //dd2 dd dsn=fss244.mani.ksds,disp=old //sysprint dd ...

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How to compare 2 data sets in Mainframe without using SUPERCE utility as the output is limited to 133 bytes for SUPERCE.

CodeBulls

• Nov 24th, 2017

Use File-Aid Comparison Instead. If SUPERCE is to be used, consider breaking the file into records of 133 bytes length by folding the records accordingly.

Ankita Raina

• Nov 18th, 2016

Use IEBCOMPR utility."jcl //TAPETAPE JOB ... // EXEC PGM=IEBCOMPR //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A //SYSUT1 DD DSNAME=SET1,LABEL=(2,SUL),DISP=(OLD,KEEP), // ...

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The JOB statement is the first in a JCL stream. Its format is // jobname, keyword JOB, accounting information in brackets and keywords, MSGCLASS, MSGLEVEL, NOTIFY, CLASS, etc.

kpguptha

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• Aug 22nd, 2010

Need for job statement: To identify the job with job name and the person who submitted the job,specify which class the job is belonging to using class parameter ,specify how the output shoud be ...

Don Carey

• Jul 14th, 2005

Notify is misspelled in the answer.

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The DD statement links the external dataset name (DSN) to the DDNAME coded within the executing program. It links the file names within the program code to the file names know to the MVS operating system. The syntax is // ddname DD DSN=dataset name. Other keywords after DSN are DISP, DCB, SPACE, etc.

dhs01

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• Apr 15th, 2009

DD statement is the DATA DEFINITION Statement.It's function is to give a symbolic name to a file. This will allow a program to access a file through this name so that the file name may be cha...

Renuka Mudaliyar

• Apr 3rd, 2006

Its the Data Definition (DD) statement It should not exceed 8 charactersIt is normally the identifier name which we give in the cobol program to identify the that the trailing DSN is for the...

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vishakh

• Jul 13th, 2006

Stepname.RC will

sunil kuaar

• Apr 5th, 2006

Its not the case that u can use return code only with cond paremeter u can use if-else statements if-then-else statements to use return code got mam

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Hervey

• Oct 26th, 2006

The value give is normally a number; usually 01-15 with 01 being the lowest and 15 being the highest. Most installations do not allow this parm to be overriden. So, don't be surprised if your job doesn't do anything.

Basu

• Jul 12th, 2006

Hi,What kind of value is actually given in the PERFORM parameter? Could you explain it?

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guraddiv

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• Jan 5th, 2011

Coding COND parameter in the JOB card means whenever any of the steps inside the job satisfies the COND value, then all the steps following it are bypassed. Hence even though you c...

Lazar Kaplansky

• Sep 18th, 2006

COND= compares return-code from previous step(s) with a value; it does not make sense using COND= in first step of the job as the parameter will only be checked for correct syntax and ignored by the JES. 

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AJAY

• Dec 19th, 2006

hi...... the default option is F OR FB both of them mean that t record is FIXED BLOCK ...

keerthi kiran

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• Oct 9th, 2006

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kckinney

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• Sep 3rd, 2010

On the LOADxx, it specifies the master cat.On JCL, it's been deprecated.

kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

Could you mean the system catalog? If you have to ask, you shouldn't be working with it. This is a very important dataset or datasets. Without them, you are in serious trouble.

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kckinney

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• Sep 3rd, 2010

IDCAMS REPRO with LIKE //STEP01?? EXEC PGM=IDCAMS?????????? //SYSPRINT DD?? SYSOUT=*???????????????????????? //INFILE?? DD?? DSN=DATASET.OLD,?????????...

kckinney

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• Jun 8th, 2007

There are many ways, here's one - Allocate the duplicate DSN using BR14 and the LIKE parameter. Then GENER the existing dataset to the new dataset.You can also use IDCAMS to do this using REPRO instead of GENER.kk

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