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Changing a parameter in a running job
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 2:37 pm
by msigal
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
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 3:33 pm
by chulett
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
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 4:04 pm
by msigal
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
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 4:14 pm
by chulett
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