Re: Passing data structure to batch job RESOLVED

On 2012/5/30 11:08 AM, Koester, Michael wrote:

Barbara, I was curious to see how an embedded x'7d' would impact the
result, so I stuffed one into a varying character subfield before
passing the ds. Since I'm now converting the ds string to hex before
passing it (per Chuck), it appears to have no impact on the integrity
of the data structure received by the submitted job -- the single
quote remains where I put it and does not disrupt the contents of any
other subfield.

Michael, passing the DS as a hex value avoids the problem with the quotes.

I was thinking about this code that seemed to be the winning solution (I confess that I hadn't read the entire thread yet).

Command = 'SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(PROVSN_NMS) PARM('''
+ NMS_OrderDetails
+ ''')) JOB(TESTING) jobq(QBATCH4)';

If NMS_OrderDetails has a quote, say ABC'DEF, the command string would look like this:

SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(PROVSN_NMS) PARM('ABC'DEF')) ...

And the SBMJOB would get an error due to the quote in the middle of the PARM.