RE: AW: CIRB as started transaction

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Subject: RE: AW: CIRB as started transaction
From: Randy Evans (revans@viaserv.com)
Date: Thu Jul 10 2008 - 14:57:49 EDT 

If CICS/TS is used, I would suggest using the "INITPARM" SIT parm for
passing customizable data to CICS PLTPI programs in lieu of using SYSIPT
data.

Randy Evans, Viaserv, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU] On Behalf
Of
> Robert Payne
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:35 PM
> To: VSE Discussion List
> Subject: RE: AW: CIRB as started transaction
> 
> Our shop could benefit from this too and it got me to thinking about
the
> sometimes/maybe/once-in-a-blue-moon when the specific values would
need to
> be changed. Change source code and re-compile (or assemble) isn't that
> big of a deal, but what if we could just include the specifics in the
CICS
> startup JCL as SYSIPT data. Could a PLT program "get away" with
reading
> (only 1 record I promise) a SYSIPT record ?  Even if we use the VSE
macros
> for JOBCOM functions, there would still be an SVC used in this CICS
> program.
> Yes, even I realize that violates all decent manners and polite rules
for
> CICS coding, but has anyone ever tried that ? If so, did it hurt ?
:)
> 
> Any thoughts ?
> Bubba

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