Create PDS member using COBOL program dynamically.

[Sachin Kumar]

Hi,

I need to create members in a given PDS using a COBOL program, can we do this? Will there be a different JCL for it? Kindly guide me.

[nicc]

You will only be able to create one member per PDS per execution, I believe. But why have you not written a little test program to try it out?

[William Collins]

You just specify the PDS(member) on the DD for your output dataset. Realise that DISP refers to the dataset, not the member. Also realise that an existing member will be readily overwritten.

[chaat]

you could use dynamic allocation via BPXWDYN and create as many as you wish.

just remember that restart / recovery using pds members can be much more challenging than qsam files.

[Sachin Kumar]

Please guide - are these two statements for BPXWDYN ?

Also realise that an existing member will be readily overwritten.

you could use dynamic allocation via BPXWDYN and create as many as you wish.

[nicc]

As BPXWDYN was not mentioned until the post AFTER your first quote, why do you think there is a connection?

[Sachin Kumar]

Because I am not sure and have no experience in this, so looked for a guidance.

[nicc]

Put another way: the first quote you highlighted was posted BEFORE any mention of BPXWDYN so how coud it refer to a post that came after? As to the second quote - that is the mention of BPXWDYN so obviously that quote refers to BPXWDYN.

[Sachin Kumar]

Sorry for the confusion created. I'll work it out. Thanks for the replies.