Tue, 07/03/2012 – 15:03 #1 ISPS100 Invalid service name I recently faced the following issue ISPS100  Invalid service name  ‘VPUT(NEWVALUE)’ exceeds the allowable length of 8. While passing data from one clist to another. The clist (MAC1) that I executed SET NEWVALUE=ABC ISPEXEC VPUT(NEWVALUE) ISPEXEC EDIT DATASET(‘ICZ35Y.ENDEVOR(JOB1)’) MACRO (MAC2) And the called clist (MAC2) looked like […]
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Here are some of the ISPF tips and tricks, I found somewhere to make your life easier while working on mainframe. EDIT commands: We have the following commands used in a file in EDIT mode. A – After B – Before C – Copy M – Move O – Overlay Type ‘C’ in a line
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Mon, 11/14/2011 – 05:27 #1 How to make a COBOL program reentrant Is there any way by which a COBOL program can be made re entrant, i.e. all the working storage area is cleared off after the call and when the program is called second time, it has nothing in the working storage section. “;
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SQL CODE -060 The sql statement contains invalid specification type. Length or scale are valid specification type. Correct the specification as per DB2 reference guide. Click the +1 button  below to share it with your friends and colleagues Share this if you liked it! Disclaimer
Mon, 01/31/2011 – 06:39 #1 SORT using REXX Hi Guys, I am looking for a small rexx routine which could just remove duplicates in a list. I know this can be achieved using SORT job but I would love to have a small rexx /clist script which I can run over my list and it
Sun, 10/16/2011 – 20:53 #1 Screen scraping tool for emulator I just got to know that there are various screen scraping tools available for making your mainframe emulator look like a GUI. Is this possible, and if so can anyone tell any free software to do this? Click the +1 button  below to share it
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Mon, 01/16/2012 – 20:53 #1 Replace FTP with SFTP I have to replace FTP in one of the job with SFTP. I do not know where and how to start with, can some one post a sample SFTP jcl that I can refer to do the same? Click the +1 button  below to share it
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Tue, 07/03/2012 – 14:11 #1 Reading file sequentially in CLIST Here is the code for reading a file sequentially using CLIST. See below how the EOF (End of file) is handled in CLIST. Also you can see how error trace is handled in CLIST. “; ; ; ; /* DISPLAYING ERROR TRACE /*CONTROL MSG CONLIST
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Tue, 07/17/2012 – 06:37 #1 pls tell me any one i want to reverse ps file througth cobol and i dont want use short program pls any one help me “; ; ; ; Click the +1 button  below to share it with your friends and colleagues Share this if you liked it! Disclaimer
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Wed, 06/20/2012 – 00:11 #1 PC to Mainframe hi, how to upload a file having data into mainframe by using JCL. Please provide me with deep explanation. Thank you. Regards, Venkatesh. “; ; ; ; Click the +1 button  below to share it with your friends and colleagues Share this if you liked it! Disclaimer
