RE: RE: SBMJOB is trimming the tailing blanks

(After two days out of the office, sorry for out of dates...)

Since IBM's development in CL has rose from the ashes in V5R3, do you 
suppose a flood of DCR's may get them to fix this anomaly?  I know, I 
know, some may feel it is a bug, and it probably is, but let's flood with 
DCR's anyway.
https://www-912.ibm.com/r_dir/ReqDesChange.nsf/Request_for_Design_Change?OpenForm

 Request title* 
Fix anomalies with using CALL in the CMD parameter of SBMJOB 

 Detailed description of the request (including unique usage)* 
 If you do a SBMJOB CMD(CALL MYPGM PARM(...)) where the values for PARM 
may be:
- a decimal not stored as 15,5 packed
- a character variable not a certain length
unpredictable results may occur.

Workarounds include:
- Making all your variables a certain length
- Using custom commands instead of CALL
- Using the RQSDTA parameter instead of the CMD parameter
- Doing odd tricks like storing an additional non blank character at the 
end of a long string variable
These stupid workaround tricks are confusing to newbies. 

 Priority* 
Medium
 
 Requested cmpletion date (MM/DD/YYYY) 
02/01/2006
 
 Problem area* 
Control Language-CL
 
 Importance of this request to your business / Impact to your company if 
IBM does not provide a solution* 
 Increased development costs 

 Requirement type* 
Long range or strategic (required to meet long-range needs)
 
 Solution suggestions (include your ideas for a solution) 
 Fix the problem using CALL in the CMD parameter of SBMJOB, etc. 


Rob Berendt