Changing a parameter in a running job

msigal · Post by **msigal** » Wed May 21, 2003 2:37 pm

Is it possible to change a job parameter from the job control code? I can successfully execute the DSSetParam function, err = 0, but the parameter value doesn't change. I want to read in the parameter as it was supplied at runtime, then modify it based on what it is.

Thanks,
Myles

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed May 21, 2003 3:33 pm

This has been covered several times in the forum - even yesterday, I believe. [:)]

And the answer is an unqualified - no. If you need to do something like that, look at writing Job Control to do the manipulation and then have it launch the job with the modified parameter values.

-craig

msigal · Post by **msigal** » Wed May 21, 2003 4:04 pm

Really, I searched for something about it in the forum before I posted.[:I]

That's what I figured after checking the help, just wanted to be sure.

Myles

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed May 21, 2003 4:14 pm

No worries. It can be hard to find stuff in the archives, as sometimes you can get more than you bargained for and having to wade through it all is a pain.

As an example, this morning I was trying to find references to UNC and nothing I could do would narrow it down to what I wanted - I got sixteen *pages* of 'matches' to look through. Everything from 'unchanged' to 'launched' was matching, when all I really wanted was an exact case match on that discreet word. [sigh]

Good luck! Pop back in if you need more help. [;)]

-craig