DB2: How to Specify Package Versions During Bind

Creating a package version: If you want to run different versions of a program without needing to make changes to the associated application plan, use package versions. This technique is useful if you need to make changes to your program without causing an interruption to the availability of the program.

You can create a different package version for each version of the program. Each package has the same package name and collection name, but a different version number is associated with each package. The plan that includes that package includes all versions of that package. Thus, you can run a program that is associated with any one of the package versions without having to rebind the application plan, rename the plan, or change any RUN subcommands that use it.

Procedure To create a package version:

Precompile your program with the option VERSION(version-identifier).
Bind the resulting DBRM with the same collection name and package name as any existing versions of that package. When you run the program, DB2® uses the package version that you specified when you precompiled it.
Example: Suppose that you bound a plan with the following statement:
BIND PLAN (PLAN1) PKLIST (COLLECT.*)

The following steps show how to create two versions of a package, one for each of two programs.

Precompile program 1: Specify VERSION(1).

Precompile program 2: Specify VERSION(2).
DB2 Pre compile and Bind JCL (Ref:IBM)

//TESTC01 JOB
//*
//*********************************************************
//* DB2 PRECOMPILE THE COBOL PROGRAM
//*********************************************************
(1) //PC EXEC PGM=DSNHPC,
(1) // PARM=’HOST(COB2),XREF,SOURCE,FLAG(I),APOST’ ==> Version (1) compiler option need to give.
(1) //STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=prefix.SDSNEXIT
(1) // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=prefix.SDSNLOAD
(1) //DBRMLIB DD DISP=OLD,DSN=USER.DBRMLIB.DATA(TESTC01)
(1) //SYSCIN DD DSN=&&DSNHOUT,DISP=(MOD,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA,
(1) // SPACE=(800,(500,500))
(1) //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=USER.SRCLIB.DATA
(1) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
(1) //SYSTERM DD SYSOUT=*
(1) //SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=*
(1) //SYSUT1 DD SPACE=(800,(500,500),,,ROUND),UNIT=SYSDA
(1) //SYSUT2 DD SPACE=(800,(500,500),,,ROUND),UNIT=SYSDA
(1) //SYSIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=USER.SRCLIB.DATA(TESTC01)
(1) //*
//********************************************************************
//*** BIND THIS PROGRAM.
//********************************************************************
(2) //BIND EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,
(2) // COND=((4,LT,PC))
(2) //STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=prefix.SDSNEXIT
(2) // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=prefix.SDSNLOAD
(2) //DBRMLIB DD DISP=OLD,DSN=USER.DBRMLIB.DATA(TESTC01)
(2) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
(2) //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
(2) //SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=*
(2) //SYSTSIN DD *
(2) DSN S(DSN)
(2) BIND PLAN(TESTC01) MEMBER(TESTC01) ACTION(REP) RETAIN ISOLATION(CS)
(2) END
//********************************************************************
//* COMPILE THE COBOL PROGRAM
//********************************************************************
(3) //CICS EXEC DFHEITVL
(4) //TRN.SYSIN DD DSN=&&DSNHOUT,DISP=(OLD,DELETE)
(5) //LKED.SYSLMOD DD DSN=USER.RUNLIB.LOAD
(6) //LKED.CICSLOAD DD DISP=SHR,DSN=prefix.SDFHLOAD
//LKED.SYSIN DD *
(7) INCLUDE CICSLOAD(DSNCLI)
NAME TESTC01(R)
//********************************************************************