DYNPARM - Control Use of Dynamic Parameters

This Natural profile parameter can be used to restrict the use of dynamic profile parameters outside of PROFILE and SYS profile parameter strings. It corresponds to the NTDYNP macro in the Natural parameter module.

Possible settings	`ON` or `OFF`, with or without list of profile parameters. See DYNPARM Parameter Syntax.
Default setting	`ON`	With `DYNPARM=ON`, all profile parameters can be specified dynamically.
Dynamic specification	yes	Outside of `PROFILE` or `SYS` parameter strings, the `DYNPARM` parameter can be used only once and only if the `NTDYNP` macro is not specified in the Natural parameter module.
Specification within session	no
Application programming interface	`USR1005N`	See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation.

Notes:

The parameter restrictions defined by DYNPARM (or the NTDYNP macro) do not apply within PROFILE or SYS profile parameter strings. If DYNPARM is used within PROFILE or SYS strings, it replaces any previous restrictions defined by DYNPARM or macro NTDYNP.
DYNPARM can be used only once within one string and should be placed at the end of it.

The following topics are covered below:

DYNPARM Parameter Syntax
NTDYNP Macro Syntax
Examples

DYNPARM Parameter Syntax

The DYNPARM parameter is specified as follows:

DYNPARM=ON

All profile parameters can be specified dynamically.

DYNPARM=(ON,parameter-name,parameter-name,...)

Only those parameters whose parameter-name is specified, can be specified dynamically. Other parameters cause Error Message NAT7008 to be issued.

Or:

DYNPARM=OFF

No profile parameters can be specified dynamically.

DYNPARM=(OFF,parameter-name,parameter-name,...)

All profile parameters can be specified dynamically - except those whose parameter-name is specified. These parameters cause Error Message NAT7008 to be issued.

NTDYNP Macro Syntax

The NTDYNP macro is specified as follows:

         NTDYNP ON,parameter-name1,parameter-name2,parameter-name3
         NTDYNP parameter-name4,parameter-name5,...

Only those parameters whose parameter-name is specified, can be specified dynamically. Other parameters cause Error Message NAT7008 to be issued.

Or:

         NTDYNP OFF,parameter-name1,parameter-name2,parameter-name3
         NTDYNP parameter-name4,parameter-name5,...

All profile parameters can be specified dynamically – except those whose parameter-name is specified. These parameters cause Error Message NAT7008 to be issued.

Or:

         NTDYNP OFF

No profile parameters can be specified dynamically. Any dynamic parameters will cause Error Message NAT7402 to be issued.

Examples

The example illustrates restricting of the dynamic parameters FNAT and FSEC. In the Natural parameter module, the following parameter restriction should be defined:

         NTPRM DBID=0,FNR=0
         NTDYNP ON,PROFILE

Additionally, almost all parameter profiles could look like the following:

...,FNAT=(22,7,PASSW),FSEC=(22,9,PASSW),DYNPARM=(OFF,FNAT,FSEC)

If some special users are to be allowed to use all parameters including FNAT and FSEC, their parameter profiles could look like the following:

USER=(ADM1,ADM2),...,FNAT=(22,8),FUSER=(22,12),DYNPARM=(OFF,DUMMY)

This forces normal users to enter the PROFILE parameter as the first dynamic parameter. Subsequently, all parameters except FNAT and FSEC are allowed. Of course, the access to the parameter profile application SYSPARM must be restricted.