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what is the in stream data ?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: August 09, 2008     Asked by: gowrinag 
  
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August 09, 2008 08:04:49   #1  
subhadeepmanna Member Since: August 2008   Contribution: 1    

RE: what is the in stream data ?
Instream data is anything which we want to give as input to the JCL. It doesn't start with double slash(//) as it is not part of JCL. e.g//SYSIN DD * INSTREAM DATA /*End of instream data is denoted by delimeter ie /* Thanks
 
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