Comments on: Dataarea as a variable http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/dataarea-as-a-variable/ Sat, 25 May 2013 08:26:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/dataarea-as-a-variable/#comment-77965 tomliotta Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:40:05 +0000 #comment-77965 That formatting didn’t quite come out correctly. Let’s see if I can get the last part a little better:

You can specify the value in any of the following forms:

  • dtaaraname
  • libname/dtaaraname
  • *LIBL/dtaaraname

Tom

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/dataarea-as-a-variable/#comment-77964 tomliotta Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:36:18 +0000 #comment-77964 Also, the D-spec DTAARA keyword can supply a variable name. From the manual:

DTAARA{({*VAR:} data_area_name)}

If *VAR is specified, the value of data_area_name is used as the data area name. This value can be:

  • A named constant whose value is the name of the data area.
  • A character variable that will hold the name of the data area at runtime.
  • dtaaraname
  • libname/dtaaraname
  • *LIBL/dtaaraname

Tom

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