Strange behavior of START command(Keyword parms)

2007-08-25 Thread Johnny Luo
Hi, I'm testing START command on a z/os 1.7 system and something surprised me. Note the following console message: First time: S STC0001,3390,JOBNAME=JOHNNY,SUB=JES2 IEE308I STARTTERM LENGTH ERROR IEA989I SLIP TRAP ID=X33E MATCHED. JOBNAME=*UNAVAIL, ASID=0019 Then change the order of two

Re: VVDS Question.

2007-08-25 Thread Ambat Ravi Nair
non-SMS: when a VSAM file is created SMS: when a file is created in a newly-initialized volume, a newly-defined dataset will occupy space first; after which the VVDS is automatically created. problem is, if the first dataset is removed, there will be a gap that may be hard to be filled.

Re: Strange behavior of START command(Keyword parms)

2007-08-25 Thread Itschak Mugzach
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnny Luo Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 12:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Strange behavior of START command(Keyword parms) Hi, I'm testing START command on a z/os 1.7 system and

Re: Strange behavior of START command(Keyword parms)

2007-08-25 Thread Chris Mason
Johnny Off the top of my head, you need commas in order to show that the two possible positional operands are not specified. Maybe this is necessary only when you specify one of the positional operands. But then off the top of my head isn't really good enough when the manual is potentially

Re: Strange behavior of START command(Keyword parms)

2007-08-25 Thread Johnny Luo
Chris, Thanks. I learned from dealing with assembler macros that only if some positional parms are omitted between two positional parms commas are required to occupy the position. I think it's reasonable but... Anyway I did some extra tests: S

Re: DFDSS versus FDR

2007-08-25 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/24/2007 4:17:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or maybe he defected ... ;-) Hmmm, I guess all things are possible. Just didn't seem like a Center 42 type guy! _http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rolling+stones/undercover+of+the+night_20117885.

Re: Source of COBOL ACCEPT DATE

2007-08-25 Thread Ulrich Krueger
In COBOL compilers starting with COBOL for OS/390 VM V2R2, the ACCEPT DATE uses STCK. In previous compilers, it used SVC 11. This has caused strange results for some users of system SET DATE. Oh, that's interesting, Tom. I did some more searching and found an IBM Technote (No. 1170967) that

Re: DFDSS versus FDR

2007-08-25 Thread Bruce Black
Where's Bruce Black when we need him? Haven't heard anything from him in a while. Hi Guys and Gals. I've been out of action for a while (don't ask) so I have not been keeping up with IBM-MAIN. I hope to get back to it soon!! -- Bruce Black Senior Software Developer Innovation Data

Send a IODF file in a email

2007-08-25 Thread Jorge Garcia
Hi, We want to send our work IODF to another system for review it. We can't use the export/import HCD utility because this system doesn't belong to our sysplex and we don't have nje connected between them. We have executed a copy from a IODF dataset to sequential dataset with

Re: Send a IODF file in a email

2007-08-25 Thread R.S.
Jorge Garcia wrote: Hi, We want to send our work IODF to another system for review it. We can't use the export/import HCD utility because this system doesn't belong to our sysplex and we don't have nje connected between them. We have executed a copy from a IODF dataset to sequential dataset