Can we delete the data using IEFBR14 , IEBGENER??

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Can we delete the data using IEFBR14 , IEBGENER??..

Answer / sukumar

Yes, you can delete it... using IEFBR14
//JOB1 JOB NOTIFY=&SYSUT1
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DD1 DD DSN=ISAM12.CLASS.PGM12,DISP=(MOD,DEL,DEL),UNIT=3390
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//


But IEBGENER is used to concatenate a dataset / edit / copy

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Can we delete the data using IEFBR14 , IEBGENER??..

Answer / tidda

just put DISP=(MOD,DELETE,DELETE)
pgm=XYZ will also do!

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Can we delete the data using IEFBR14 , IEBGENER??..

Answer / karunakar reddy

Hey Try as below and see if the below JCL can help.

//DELETEDS JOB (@),'PREP T-2 FOR R01',
// REGION=0M,
// CLASS=C,MSGCLASS=X,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//JS10 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT1 DD DUMMY,DCB=SSR.TEST.FILE
//SYSUT2 DD DSN=SSR.TEST.FILE,DISP=(OLD,KEEP,KEEP)
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=*

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Can we delete the data using IEFBR14 , IEBGENER??..

Answer / biswaranjan

Its possible.But 1st you have to delete the dataset and
recreate a empty dataset with the same name.

//XXXXXXXX JOB TEST,'SORT',
// MSGCLASS=X,
// CLASS=C,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DD1 DD DSN=XXXXXXX.WORK.TEST,DISP=(MOD,DELETE,DELETE)
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DD1 DD DSN=XXXXXXX.WORK.TEST,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE)
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//

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Can we delete the data using IEFBR14 , IEBGENER??..

Answer / sesha

in IEFBR14, give disp=(old,delete).

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