Date:         Wed, 15 May 2002 10:11:32 -0400
Reply-To:     "Braten, Michael (Exchange)" <mbraten@BEAR.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Braten, Michael (Exchange)" <mbraten@BEAR.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS/JCL passing parameters
Content-Type: text/plain

#3      I would have the SAS step write its parameters to a  temporary file
that would be passed to the next step.  The next step would read the
         parameters as input.   The PASSed file disappears after JOB end.

          //TEMPFILE     DD   DSN=&&TEMP,DISP=(NEW,PASS)
         //               DCB=......
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Huck [SMTP:huck@SKIPTHISFINN.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:24 AM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Re: SAS/JCL passing parameters
>
> On 14 May 02 23:10:38 GMT, crm1nxa@UPS.COM (Abakah Nori crm1nxa) wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >How do you pass a parameter from a SAS step to a non-SAS step? I have
> used
> >the SYSPARM several times to pass a parameter to a SAS program and would
> >like to be able to do the opposite.
> >Any ideas?
>
> (1) you write the second step to to the internal reader [
> SYSOUT=(B,,INTRDR) ]
>
> (2) or ya find that assembler program that can read a file and put it into
> a jcl parm,
> and you write to a file and as an intermediate step call that asm program.
>
> i vote for #1
>
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Abakah, Nori
> >Mainframe Resources Group
> >United Parcel Service
> >(201) 828-2351


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