> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john gilmore > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Submit a series of jobs in order aft er the pre > vious has completed > > Wayne Bikerdike is quite correct. In its discussion of the > EXEC statement the JCL manual says: > > | A job can have a maximum of 255 job step. This > includes the steps in any procedures the > | EXEC statements call. > > Moreover, since the count is held (as an unsigned binary > integer) in a single byte, the usual control-block overflow > problem precludes increasing it simplistically. > > That said, 255 steps or linked jobs is enough, perhaps indeed > too many, for such shenanigans. > > John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA
If someone really and truly "needs" more steps, then I'd suggest that a REXX program might be an effective way to run multiple programs in succession with condition checking and perhaps even looping. Of course, this really plays havoc with legacy SMF accounting routines. Or even with products such as Strobe. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone • [email protected] • www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
