Re: SBMJOB ~ RQSDTA

With your example there are no differences in outcome. In the first case the 
request message "'CALL WPC8060" is placed into the submitted job's external 
message queue. In the 2nd case the request message "CALL PGM(WPC8060)" is 
placed into the submitted job's external message queue.

The CMD parameter was introduced early in the history of the AS/400 and it's 
advantage is that it syntax checks CL commands before submitting them and it 
allows users to prompt commands. When passing parameters on CALL commands it 
can sometimes make incorrect assumptions as to the formatting of the data.

The RQSDTA parameter goes all the way back to the early days of the System/38. 
There is no syntax checking or prompting what-so-ever, mostly because in those 
days I think the developers had visions of being able to support more that one 
control language. The only advantage of using it, is that it makes no 
assumptions about the formatting of the parameters on the CALL command because 
you have to build command string exactly as you want it to appear.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Captain Jerry 
  To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:36 PM
  Subject: SBMJOB ~ RQSDTA


  *Can anyone explain (maybe in layman's terms!) what the difference in the
  two CL Statements below is?  Is one better then the other?  More
  functionality?  Different System Impacts?  Anything?*
  **
  *
  SBMJOB     JOB(WPC8060) RQSDTA('CALL WPC8060 ')

  SBMJOB     CMD(CALL PGM(WPC8060)) JOB(WPC8060)
                                                       *
  *Thanks,*
  *Captain Jerry*
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