what is the Difference between SYSIN and PARM ?
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there are two ways to send data to the application prog.
1)parm (for small amount of data)
2)sysin(for large amount of data)
1)parm: is used to send the data to application prog
(eg;.cobol)
upto 100 characters.
2)sysin:is used to send the data to application prog
(eg;.cobol)
large amounts.
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Answer / swathi
Also, in SYSIN we can give the data directly. But when you
are using PARM, the data is passed with the help of linkage
section to corresponding program.
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Answer / vinay sonar
Maximum length of data that can be given using parm is 100
chatachers for more length use sysin.
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Answer / muttaiah
Parm: is used to send only 100 chars max
Sysin: we can pass large amount of data. Say even a file.
when passing data from parm, there should be a linkage
section in cobol program.
whereas in case of sysin there should be an accept stmt for
each line in sysin.
Please do correct me if i'm wrong.
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Answer / anjaneyulu javisetty
there are two ways to send data to the application prog.
1)parm (for small amount of data)
2)sysin(for large amount of data)
1)parm: is used to send the data to application prog
(eg;.cobol)
upto 100 characters.
2)sysin:is used to send the data to application prog
(eg;.cobol)
large amounts.
examples:
1) using JCL with sysin. //sysin dd *here u code the parameters(value) to pass in to cobol program /* and in program
you use accept variable name(one accept will read one row)/.another way.
2) in jcl using parm statement ex: in exec statement parm='whatever' in cobol pgm u have to code linkage section in that for first value you code length variable and variable name say, abc pic x(4).it will take john inside to read next value u have to code another variable in the same way above mentioned.
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