IBM Websphere application server IBM has always shown commitment in the ways of attracting the customers to the good old legacy systems. IBM came up with IBM websphere application server which would allow the Java applications to run on mainframe. The interface supported by websphere application server is standard and is common across platforms. IBM […]
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The following simple COBOL program depicts the use of     01 WS-SUB PIC 9(3) VALUE ZEROS.        PERFORM 20000-FIRST-PARA THRU 30000-THIRD-PARA        DISPLAY ‘DEPICTING PERFORM THRU BY MAINFRAMEWIZARD.COM’        DISPLAY ‘PARA NAME IS  10000-FIRST-PARA’     Â
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The following clist code can be used to Tag COBOL code with comments. ISREDIT MACRO (PARM1) NOPROCESS                      ISPEXEC CONTROL ERRORS RETURN              Â
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Mainframe Computers Mainframe computers are very large and expensive computers often called as big iron machines used by thousands and even more users simultaneously. These are primarily used by big financial organisations(banks and insurance companies), retail giants, corporate and government organizations for supporting critical applications where data security and bulk processing is a key factor.
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AMBLIST to generate stats about a object load The following JCL can be used to find date when a load was created. If the input member is the object load of a module the date when the load was generated would be listed. If the input is a composite link then the details of all
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What is the difference between Stop Run and Go Back I am new to COBOL, and I heard that we have two commands for terminating a COBOL program, i.e. “STOP RUN” or “GO BACK” Can some one be kind enough to explain the difference? “; ; ; ;
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File Manager to get record count of VSAM You can use the following steps to get the record count in VSAM file Step2: File (To invoke file manager) Step3:  On the  “PRIMARY OPTION MENU” screen chose option  3 (Utilities) Step4:  From the “UTILITY FUNCTIONS” screen choose option 4 (Dslist). Step5: On the “CATALOG SERVICES” screen, Provide
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Mainframe Job to Extract Abend info from SAR This is very useful Job if you wish to pull out data data from SAR for Jobs that completed with an exception. //ABENDINF   JOB (ACC INFO,,,,,XXXX),’        ‘,CLASS=M,   //           MSGCLASS=Y,NOTIFY=&SYSUID         //DELETE  EXEC PGM=IEFBR14                             //DD01    DD DSN=USERID.DATASET,                      //            DISP=(MOD,DELETE),UNIT=SYSDA             //*                                                     //STEP1   EXEC PGM=SARBCH                              //SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=*                                Â
SQL code -305 SQL code of -305 is the sql error which results on retrieving a null value in a host variable for which there is no null When does Sql code -305 comes? Sqlcode -305 can come if a fetch or embedded SELECT results in assigning a NULL value to a host variable for
Abend An AbEnd (abnormal end) is an exception condition which results in the abnormal termination of a program or software.  Its is a common terminology used in the mainframe world where a JCL terminates with an error code. Following section covers some common abends faced by mainframe developers S0C1 Operation Exception Cause Reading or writing
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