what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code.
what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code.
what is symbolic and overriding parameters and a example
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what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code. what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code. w..

Answer / sravani

time=0 gives unpredictable results
blksize=0 so that the best size is chosen by the system, based
on the device used for storing the dataset

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what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code. what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code. w..

Answer / mdvasanth86

1. Not sure.
2. It is a good JCL coding procedure to code BLKSIZE=0 as
the system will find the optimal Blocksize.

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what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code. what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code. w..

Answer / saikishore

1. Not sure
2. if it is in sort output file then it will create the file
as input file. if it is a normal creation then file will be
created but you can't do anything with the file, if u tried
to open then 'invalid blksize' will appear.

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what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code. what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code. w..

Answer / supriya

When time=0 unpredictable results is obtained

When blksize=0 the system will allocate optimum size

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what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code. what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code. w..

Answer / mohan.chepuri

time=0 the job not submitted
blksize=0 then block size is empty it to jcl error

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what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code. what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code. w..

Answer / mohan.chepuri

time=0 the job not submitted
blksize=0 then block size is empty it to jcl error

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