Parameter Structure

The parameters passed to the load function are the same as the ones specified in the JCL except that you must provide the length of the parameter. The only required parameter is NAME; all of the parameters that are not specified, default to the values specified in the parameter mapping table.

The NAME parameter is ignored if the access block is specified.

The parameter structure consists of a 2-byte fixed field followed by a character field. The fixed field must contain the length of the following character field. The restrictions on JCL when running the load function require that the character field to be no more than 100 bytes in length. The character field can contain any valid combination of input parameter values.

The following is an example of the parameter structure in hextype format (hexadecimal representation in the first line, EBCDIC in the second):

001CD5C1D4C57EC5D2C7E7D9D6C4D46BD3D6C1C47EE2E3D9E4C3E3E4D9C5

     N A M E = E K G X R O D M , L O A D = S T R U C T U R E

This parameter specifies that the character field has a length of X'1C' bytes. The character field contains the required NAME parameter and the LOAD=STRUCTURE parameter. The remaining load function parameters will default to the default values specified in the parameter mapping table.