Re: SBMJOB converts command parameter to HEX

Could you please post the result without the %char BIF?
Also, are QCMD and the string variable defined with different CCSID?

I used the same technique many times without any problem.

Il giorno mer 26 nov 2025 alle ore 18:18 Eric Wolf <[email protected]> ha
scritto:

> I added the %CHAR in an attempt to try to resolve this issue.  I was
> trying everything that I could think of to get this to work...
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> Hi,
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> The variable xmKEYFLDSPart looks like a character string, why do you need
> to use %char when creating the command to be executed?
> I would have just concatenated cApos plus the trimmed variable.
> Am I missing something?
>
> Lucia
>
> Il giorno mer 26 nov 2025 alle ore 18:08 Eric Wolf <[email protected]>
> ha
> scritto:
>
> > All,
> > When using a custom command interactively, the command looks like this:
> > ISIPMXPCMD TRID(PRCCHG)
> >            DTFR(1251125)
> >            TMFR(111404)
> >            DTTO(1251125)
> >            TMTO(111424)
> >            USER(E05451)
> >            KFLD('100,6514981001,,1140708100311F6000457F0892221F')
> >            RPRC('0')
> >
> > I am building the above command using this:
> > qcmd = 'SBMJOB CMD(ISIPMXPCMD OBCL(ITMPRC) '+
> >        'TRID(' +%TRIM(mTRID)+ ') ' +
> >        'DTFR(' +%EDITC(xmTRDT:'X') +') ' +
> >        'TMFR(' +%EDITC(xmTRTMFr:'X') +') ' +
> >        'DTTO(' +%EDITC(xmTRDT:'X') +') ' +
> >        'TMTO(' +%EDITC(xmTRTMTo:'X') +') ' +
> >        'USER(' +%TRIM(xmUSER) +') ' +
> >        'KFLD('+cApost+%CHAR(%TRIM(xmKEYFLDSPart))+cApost+') ' +
> >        'RPRC(' +cApost+'0'+cApost+')) ' +
> >        'JOB(ITMPRCCHG)  ' +
> >        'JOBQ(QBATCHB)';
> >
> >
> >
> > When using the SBMJOB, the command converts the KFLD parameter to this:
> > ISIPMXPCMD OBCL(ITMPRC) TRID(PRCCHG) DTFR(1251125) TMFR(163403)
> > DTTO(12511
> > 25) TMTO(163423) USER(E05451)
> > KFLD(X'F1F0F06BF6F5F1F4F9F8F1F0F0F76B6B11407
> > 08103251F7000602F0892221F') RPRC('0')
> >
> > What feature of the SBMJOB command or the command itself do I need to
> > change to get the SBMJOB command to look like the interactive version?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Eric
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