<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Program Initialization Parameter (PIP) data area" /> <meta name="abstract" content="A PIP data area (PDA) is created for each prestart job when the job is started." /> <meta name="description" content="A PIP data area (PDA) is created for each prestart job when the job is started." /> <meta name="DC.subject" content="program initialization parameter (PIP) data area, program initialization parameter (PIP)" /> <meta name="keywords" content="program initialization parameter (PIP) data area, program initialization parameter (PIP)" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="dtaas.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../cl/crtdtaara.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../cl/rtvdtaara.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../cl/chgdtaara.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../cl/dspdtaara.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../cl/dltdtaara.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="pipda" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Program Initialization Parameter (PIP) data area</title> </head> <body id="pipda"><a name="pipda"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Program Initialization Parameter (PIP) data area</h1> <div><p>A PIP data area (PDA) is created for each prestart job when the job is started. </p> <p>The object sub-type of the PDA is different than a regular data area. The PDA can only be referred to by the special value name *PDA. The size of the PDA is 2000 bytes but the number of parameters contained in it is not restricted.</p> <p>The RTVDTAARA, CHGDTAARA, and DSPDTAARA CL commands and the RTVDTAARA and CHGDTAARA macro instructions support the special value *PDA for the data area name parameter.</p> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="dtaas.htm" title="A data area is an object used to hold data for access by any job running on the system.">Use data areas</a></div> </div> <div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br /> <div><a href="../cl/crtdtaara.htm">Create Data Area (CRTDTAARA) command</a></div> <div><a href="../cl/rtvdtaara.htm">Retrieve Data Area (RTVDTAARA) command</a></div> <div><a href="../cl/chgdtaara.htm">Change Data Area (CHGDTAARA) command</a></div> <div><a href="../cl/dspdtaara.htm">Display Data Area (DSPDTAARA) command</a></div> <div><a href="../cl/dltdtaara.htm">Delete Data Area (DLTDTAARA) command</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>