Usage Notes
The workload pointer specifies the address of the program or process name string.
If the name is shorter than eight bytes, it will be padded with trailing blanks. If the name is longer than eight bytes, it will be truncated to eight bytes.
| Language | Variable Name |
|---|---|
| COBOL: | WORKLOAD_PTR |
| C: | workload_ptr |
| Routine | Action Taken |
|---|---|
| DBCHINI: | writes |
| DBCHCL: | reads (CON) |
| Used by | Action Taken |
|---|---|
| application program | writes |
Possible value can be set in this DBCAREA field is an ASCII character string of program or process name.