(since us 'donna's need to stick together :-)

Donna Helriegel wrote:

> I am writing a job in which I need to have user input during the job in
> several places.  I can do this within a command file, but the same logic
> fails when written into a job.  Is there a way to do this, or should I just get
> the info in advance and pass the parms into the job?  I've tried a variety
> of other ways, but know I "just don't get it" yet - I am too new to this.

the input command won't work in batch.  typically, job files are static -- that is,
it's the exact same job that's run over and over.   another alternative is to have
'something' (a program or a command file) generate the job file on-the-fly.  you
might have issues with passwords (on the job card) but you'll need to figure that
out :-)         - d

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