Max. No of DD statements in a job ?

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Max. No of DD statements in a job ?..

Answer / shailendra

i think this 3273 dd statement we can specifyin a singal
step, and in a job we can specify 255 step

it's means 3273*255 dd statement is possible

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Max. No of DD statements in a job ?..

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3273

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Max. No of DD statements in a job ?..

Answer / sangamesh

the answer 3273 is exact one.it is for a job not for a step

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Answer / sharmila_g

one job can have 255 exec statements and one exec statement can have upto 255 dd statements. so from this theory calculate number of dd statements in a job.

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