Date:         Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:57:18 -0800
Reply-To:     monal kohli <k_monal_99@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         monal kohli <k_monal_99@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Allocating a flat file to a tape  on MVS SAS
Comments: To: Nathaniel_Wooding@dom.com
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Thanks Nat and Mike for all your time..I will have to
spend some time to figure this out...

Mona

--- Nathaniel_Wooding@dom.com wrote:

> Monal
>
> Someone like Mike Raithel may correct me on this but
> as far as I know, DD
> statements pointing to tapes and such cannot follow
> a sysin card. You can
> have multiple sysins concatenated but that is not
> what you want.
>
> I just started to write that you could write out the
> jcl for a second job
> step (in the spot where you have your sas code) and
> then concatenate it
> back in but  I'm starting to guess that the system
> won't let you do this.
>
> Again, please post your last log. I'd sure like to
> see what is not working
> since the SAS os390 companion says that you should
> be able to use the
> filename statement for a tape.
>
> Nat
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>
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> Yes Nat I know of that solution .
> The thing is I can use entire SAS and create JCl and
> write the entire JCL to another flat file and then
> execute that new JCL.This is how I have been doing
> it
> ,But that solution cannot work here.
>
> But the situation here what I am facing is that I
> can't output in two steps.
> Let me tell you what I am trying to do.
> As you know from my thread that I was trying to
> allocate a flat file to tape through SAS,the reason
> why I was doing this was because I wanted to use SAS
> macro variables in the filename statement.
> Since this didn't work for me ,I am trying to use
> those sas macro variables in the JCL something like
> this:
>
>
> //ZJOBJCL JOB (IBH),
> //             'MONA',
> //             MSGCLASS=A,REGION=8M,
> //             CLASS=A,
> //             NOTIFY=&SYSUID
> //STJCL JCLLIB ORDER=IBH.PROCLIB
> //STEPBLD  EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
> //STEPBLDS EXEC SAS,
> //         CONFIG='IBH.PRD.CONFIG(STGLIB)'
> //SYSIN    DD *
>
> SAS CODE Here which creates a set of macro variables
> like
> &var1 &var2...
>
> Now I want to use these &var1 &var2 below
>
>
> //OUTO  DD DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
> //         DSN=IB.xxx.Z&VAR1.INPT.V001000.&VAR2,
> //         DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=214,BLKSIZE=32742),
> //         LABEL=(1,SL,RETPD=365),UNIT=CARTE
>
>
> Any clues how this can be done ...
>
>
>
> --- Nathaniel_Wooding@dom.com wrote:
>
> > Monal
> >
> > It's funny but we actually had a discussion
> starting
> > yesterday about
> > passing macro variables to jcl (and why it was
> > probably not a good idea).
> >
> > Please post your latest log and let's give the
> group
> > a shot at it.
> >
> > Nat
> >
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