Hi Bruce,

I have not tested the EXEC PGM=program approach, but depending on your requirement you could use DSN SYSTEM, see example JCL below (TEST is the XA Resource manager name, DSNTEP2 can be used to run dynamic SQL statement embedded in the jcl):

//DDLJOB2 JOB 
//RESETDB  EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01
//SYSTSPRT DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSPUNCH DD  SYSOUT=*                                
//SYSUDUMP DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN  DD  *
 DSN SYSTEM(TEST)
 RUN  PROGRAM(DSNTEP2)
 END
/*
//SYSIN DD *
SELECT COL1, COL2 FROM MYTABLE;
/*
//

Could that serve as an alternative?

Regards,

Kim

We are migrating from a mainframe database to SQL server.  Our current JCL jobs look like this:

STEP01  EXEC PGM=ourprogname

SYSCTL  DD DSN=ourmainframdb, DISP=SHR

I was hoping that I could replace the one "SYSCTL" line with a line that pointed to the XA resource.

Hi Bruce,

I am not aware of there being specific syntax available that will do as you ask, but you can also consider testing / using a JCL procedure to setup/configure variables and pass those into the affected statement, or use a JCL exit to create and handle parameter substitution, or if you use mfbsi to use that to setup substitution with control-m. Note, I have not tested these and have not samples available to share. 

If you have a complete jcl sample and it does not work as expected you can also consider to raise a support case to seek further assistance that way.

Regards,
Kim

Hi Bruce,

In batch JCLs, XA resources can only be used via IKJEFT01 and DSNALI/DSNRLI.

Regards,
Laurence