> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of R.S. > Sent: 08 March, 2017 13:43 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/OS 2.3 preview announcement > > W dniu 2017-03-08 o 01:15, Paul Gilmartin pisze: > > On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:13:32 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: > > > >> Did anyone notice the z/OS 2.3 preview announcement today? > >> http://www- > 01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS21 > 7-085/index.html&request_locale=en > >> > >> I found this interesting: > >> > >> <quote> > >> New support is planned to be added to allow TSO/E user IDs to be > eight characters long. > >> </quote> > >> > > And I read: > > For JES2 in z/OS V2.3, JCL, ... The DLM keyword on SYSIN is > extended from > > 2 characters to 18 characters to provide more granularity. > > > > "granularity"? > > > > Underreaching. It should be as big as possible to provide the > programmer > > maximum confidence of no accidental match within the data. I'd > suggest > > 71, probably the longest value in a SYSIN line. > > Why the longest value? > > > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > >
Being precise, you won't get further than 57, because the longest delimiter you can get is: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7-- //D DATA,DLM=AVERYLONGDELIMITERSTRINGCANONLYBEGINAT16ANDREACHUNTILCOL71 Although I can imagine Gill requiring continuation for the stringdefinition ;-) Kees. ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
