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 Topic: Good Site for MVS,fileaid and syncsort manuals |
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| nxn00 Replies: 2 Views: 1493 |
 Forum: Application Programming Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 12:28 pm Subject: Good Site for MVS,fileaid and syncsort manuals |
| SYNCSORT manuals are copyright protected. This means that people that are not paying for the product can't legaly use the documentation. If your company is using SYNCSORT and PAYING FOR IT, you hav ... | |
| Topic: Abend X PROG750 |
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| nxn00 Replies: 1 Views: 3397 |
Forum: Problem Determination Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:16 pm Subject: Abend X PROG750 |
| Hi, Rajeev.
I've just spent some time getting rid of PROG753 errors. These errors happen when a program tries to write "bad data" to a screen. And it's not an abend so you can't find the data in ... |
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| Topic: What other Help Forums would you like to see? |
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| nxn00 Replies: 25 Views: 30422 |
Forum: MVSFORUMS - Announcements Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 1:21 pm Subject: What other Help Forums would you like to see? |
| I voted for NONE because I don't want to see any of the topics suggested. I have an interest in HTML, JAVA, VB, Dot Net, etc. but don't want to see those topics here. There are other really good sit ... | |
| Topic: Backup of files |
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| nxn00 Replies: 3 Views: 3039 |
Forum: Utilities Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 8:27 pm Subject: Backup of files |
| rasprasads,
Solutions proposed by Dibakar and Frank will certainly work well. But you have to look at the big picture. How will the backups be used? Will you need to restore in case of a j ... |
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| Topic: entry points |
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| nxn00 Replies: 6 Views: 4453 |
Forum: Application Programming Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:58 pm Subject: entry points |
| I just tried to post a reply but it didn't appear.
Advice is to use a static call. We had the same problem at work this week with a program that was compiled DYNAM and tried to call an entry poi ... |
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| Topic: Assembly language - Good Book |
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| nxn00 Replies: 11 Views: 6401 |
Forum: Application Programming Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:14 pm Subject: Assembly language - Good Book |
| Semigeezer,
I agree that an educational book is also needed. But... DO NOT IGNORE THE FINE MANUALS! We just found instances of COBOL compile errors in some existing programs that were being rec ... |
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| Topic: Assembly language - Good Book |
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| nxn00 Replies: 11 Views: 6401 |
Forum: Application Programming Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 5:19 pm Subject: Assembly language - Good Book |
| I agree with Dave about getting Principles of Operations! If I were doing any Assembler development now, I'd have a hard copy of that manual.
When I was learning Assembler in the mid 70's, I used ... |
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| Topic: Useful ISPF commands (to make LIFE somewhat simpler!) |
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| nxn00 Replies: 16 Views: 16107 |
Forum: TSO and ISPF Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 10:27 am Subject: Useful ISPF commands (to make LIFE somewhat simpler!) |
| Naveen,
This is a great idea. Kolusu, Perhaps this could be an option from the main menu and not part of the Help Boards. Please send me an email if you want help with editing, testing, etc.  |
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| Topic: Useful ISPF commands (to make LIFE somewhat simpler!) |
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| nxn00 Replies: 16 Views: 16107 |
Forum: TSO and ISPF Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 9:08 am Subject: Useful ISPF commands (to make LIFE somewhat simpler!) |
| Himesh,
This is good info. I changed my PF keys long ago to incorporate some of this: PF12 RETRIEVE PF13 SWAP LIST Use PF keys for your own needs. If there is something that you do ... |
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| Topic: CREATION TIME OF A GDG |
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| nxn00 Replies: 8 Views: 8148 |
Forum: Job Control Language(JCL) Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2002 6:23 pm Subject: CREATION TIME OF A GDG |
| Whoops!
Sorry about that. I should have known better because I've wanted creation TIME for a file in the past! |
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| Topic: CREATION TIME OF A GDG |
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| nxn00 Replies: 8 Views: 8148 |
Forum: Job Control Language(JCL) Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2002 5:03 pm Subject: CREATION TIME OF A GDG |
| ISPF 3.4 gives you the info you need. ISPF 3.2 will also give you the info, but you have to know the DSN including the generation number.
See example: Data Set ... |
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| Topic: Block size considerations. |
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| nxn00 Replies: 7 Views: 6024 |
Forum: Application Programming Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 7:39 pm Subject: Block size considerations. |
| Hi, srimachan!
The system will calculate the optimal block size for you. You shouldn't try calculating it for yourself. Your JCL DD statement for that dataset should include in the DCB BLKSIZE=0. |
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| Topic: Can I trap a job code and submit next job depending on that. |
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| nxn00 Replies: 4 Views: 9391 |
Forum: Job Control Language(JCL) Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 4:03 pm Subject: Can I trap a job code and submit next job depending on that. |
| to_agrawals:
If your shop has a scheduling package, it can take care of this. Something like CA7 or ZEKE. The Operations staff at your shop will know what is available. |
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| Topic: Assembler - substring |
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| nxn00 Replies: 14 Views: 9276 |
Forum: Application Programming Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2002 5:51 pm Subject: Assembler - substring |
| Rajib,
Could you please post the COBOL statement that you want to convert? Also the Working Storage definition of the fields being used. If we see that, we can probably give you the BAL instruc ... |
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| Topic: Region Parameter |
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| nxn00 Replies: 8 Views: 7698 |
Forum: Job Control Language(JCL) Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 11:58 am Subject: Region Parameter |
| Using the LE parameter ALL31 can help your program run successfully.
See the following article: www.naspa.com/PDF/99/T9903008.pdf and link to LE manual: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi- ... |
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