Re: Rexx

2009-04-04 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Ed - PARSE is very powerful and I think I do keyword parsing in a simple manner. A few more keystrokes than CLIST, but not many more. I might point out I do things in REXX that mere mortals will never accomplish AND I will also wonder how people do some of what they do. Everyone else - I

Re: Rexx

2009-04-04 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
REXX is not smart enough to parse quoted strings the way we see them, but once you have a routine that can do that, as I do, you do not have to write it new every time you want to use it. Other than quoted strings, PARSE is very powerful at handling keyword tag value processing. Easier in

Re: Rexx

2009-04-04 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Sounds like an opportunity to open a SHARE requirement after you login. On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:54:37 -0700, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: Don't get me wrong. I agree the REXX PARSE statement is *extremely* powerful. But, all REXX parsing must be done by the REXX program

Re: AW: EMC Centera for HSM?

2009-03-11 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Thanks for what looks like a real response to my post. Offline I was contacted by opentechsystems who wants to sell a solution we are not looking to buy and offered they have hundreds of customers but came up with none actually doing what I asked. A suggestion EMC should provide a reference -

Re: SHARE Proceedings

2009-03-10 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Posting a presentation for the SHARE Proceedings is an entirely optional choice of the speaker. Some projects do better at getting their speakers to choose to share than others. Some vendors choose to post on their own website so they can harvest your e-mail address. Some speakers

Re: How to use CSI Catalog Search Interface

2009-03-10 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
You should get an error code if your workarea is too small and a value of what size you need. Bigger is better. Hanging? Did you cause it to scan all your catalogs which takes a fair amount of time? Not working? It has always worked for me, but I did not always get the results I wanted if I

Re: SHARE Proceedings

2009-03-10 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Hope I can read them, some of the writing is atrocious. On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:51:49 -0400, Bill Fairchild bi...@mainstar.com wrote: I agree fully. Glad we finally got to meet. Hoping to see you again in Denver. As soon as I get the session evaluation forms' comments, I'll tell you what

Re: EMC Centera for HSM?

2009-03-09 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
to. I'm not really interested in being in the middle, nor talking to someone who wants to sell me something (nor does the person I am trying to help want to be sold some other solution). On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:12:26 +0100, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: Kenneth E Tomiak pisze

EMC Centera for HSM?

2009-03-07 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Is anyone is using an EMC Centera device as a target for HSM ML1 or ML2 data. The vendor claims some of you are, if so, I would like to hear from you. Did you do anything special, does it perform okay, or other opinions you can to share. I'll stress 'opinions' to alleviate your concerns that I

Re: [TSO-REXX] How to use CSI Catalog Search Interface

2009-03-07 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
SYS1.SAMPLIB(IGGCSIRX) is the IBM sample I started with and found it does not handle multiple catalogs well. To help myself with breaking down the workarea I coded this: http://www.ktomiak.biz/ORG/STUFF/tips/REXX003.html --

Re: OOREXX and USS/TSO

2009-03-07 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Ought to, because we want it, is not going to make it so anytime soon. Six months ago I was asked if a certain requirements system could be used just to discuss if anyone wants it. We need some big customer to present a business case to IBM and then the rest of us climb onboard and be vocal to

Re: Rexx / edit macro bug?

2009-03-07 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
, the OP did state that simply removing the FIND command changed the behaviour. Bill On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:27:55 -0600, Kenneth E Tomiak jackofalltra...@ktomiak.biz wrote: I would go with wrong expectations (or user error) based on the result the OP says they got. Edit macros have a documented

Re: Rexx / edit macro bug?

2009-02-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I would go with wrong expectations (or user error) based on the result the OP says they got. Edit macros have a documented feature where ending the edit macro with a zero return code (I favor RETURN 0) will leave the cursor positioned and a non-zero return code will place the cursor on the

Re: How Official are Supplied Sample Exits? (was Assembler Question)

2009-02-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
If you look at SAMPLES that IBM provides, it refers to more than exits. It is code that was considered to have worked (although it may have bugs) at the time it was written. It is not 'supported' in that as mentioned below, you can take it and change it to do what you want it to do. While not

Re: REXX error ***** I WIN!!!!!! ******

2008-10-17 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Don't change settings you don't understand. On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:53:21 -0200, Claudio Marcio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got it!!! run the pack off command inside member the now it´s OK! very, very thank´s to all what helped me! regards

Re: REXX error

2008-10-17 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
That depends on the Rexx interpreter being used. On my windows/XP system I need nothing on the first line. It is surprising how many people who know Rexx so well, know so little. On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:21:22 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use Rexx on other

Re: Fwd: DB2 for z/OS WLM stored procedure setup

2008-10-11 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I have been taking the parms out of WLM because I have them in the PROC and they get found and used just fine. z/OS 1.7 and 1.9. Much easier to change in the PROC anyway. On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:31:19 +0100, Jim McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem sorted. In my WLM application

Re: REXX error

2008-10-11 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
No, you do not need rexx in a comment. It depends. TSO will read them from SYSEXEC and run them without rexx in the comment. z/OS UNIX Services, in my limited testing, requires rexx to be lower case where any other environment/platform could care less about the case. So RExx, REXX, REXx, rexX,

Re: REXX error

2008-10-11 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I put my money on he is changing it. To get the first error I did a cut and paste of his code and changed the leading x40 to x20 and got the same first error. It then works. Changing anything outside the apostrophes caused the same problem. Thus his second error is coming from somewhere else.

Re: TCP hanshake problem

2008-09-23 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
And the problem is? Does FTP from any other platform to z/OS work? Does the FTP client from that system to itself work? On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:55:12 -0500, Clay Hinzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am having what appears to be a TCP handshake issue. One of our clients recently upgraded

Re: A STP question

2008-09-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I thought the CECs (pre-STP) would only get time from a Sysplex Timer or a special hardware device that knew how to dial NIST for the time. STP is a replacement for that, so if all 4 CECs play with STP then they need to be able to communicate with one another if only two of them are running the

Re: can the ENTER key be simulated in an ISPF panel

2008-09-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
If you want TSO/E REXX to wait only a certain duration after having called another program (ISPEXEC), there is no such function. REXX waits for the called program to return control. Sounds like you want ISPF to have an option that when a panel is displayed it would 'timeout' if the user did not

Re: Taking Image Copy of base tablespace,LOB Tablespace and all the indexspaces in DB2V8

2008-09-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
And take advantage of search engines like GOOGLE and ASK. A search of the message id and COPY YES turned up this hit which explains why you received the message. If you are aDBA then from there you should know what to do or get a DBA to fix it. There are DBa consultants available if you are

Re: REXX Porblem - OUTTRAP function

2008-09-07 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
X is always a bad choice for a variable name in Rexx. Sooner or later you will try to append it to a literal and complain it does not work. do x = 1 to 25 say ' 'x end The ' 'x says you want a hex value, not a blank and the value of x. When you come back to the code you may wish you had used

Re: Y2K Leftovers

2008-09-07 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
, Gerhard Postpischil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kenneth E Tomiak wrote: I wasn't joking when I jumped over Y2K and went to Y10K, it has not caught on, but today is 09/05/02008. Why is everyone waiting? The ISO standard is 2008-09-05. Among other things it has the advantage of making date sorting

Re: Y2K Leftovers

2008-09-07 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
So does anyone know if the CBTTAPE has a Gregorian to Star Date conversion routine? Is it too soon for a Requirement? On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 19:21:25 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Kenneth E Tomiak I

Re: Need some SMP help.

2008-09-05 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Not getting someone who knows basic SMP/E to do it? On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:20:14 -0400, Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not an expert with SMP and I'm trying to do an Apply/Check against the sysmod below and getting the following out of SMP. Any insight/help in resolving this and

Re: ACS Write Statement Limitations

2008-09-05 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:58:01 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I empathize that you would like to write a novella to explain why it did not work, but then they won't need to call for help so that line could be removed. When faced with a limitation on what you can write out, use the

Re: REXX GIMAPI Interface / CBT778

2008-09-05 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
All you need to do is know how to present what you find. I reported GIMASAMP returns incorrect output as a SEV(4). Don't make a big deal out of a sample not working and IBM will listen. Level 2 tested the code with and without my corrections and understood it really is broken and I was not

Re: Y2K Leftovers

2008-09-05 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I wasn't joking when I jumped over Y2K and went to Y10K, it has not caught on, but today is 09/05/02008. Why is everyone waiting? On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 22:41:01 +0100, Jose Rosario [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow ! Being a Y2K Project Manager during those troubled times, I remember all the boys and

Re: REXX GIMAPI Interface / CBT778

2008-09-01 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Yes. As far as I know. They are looking at it according to the ETR. I wouldn't know. On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:06:12 -0500, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few questions: o Is the relevant SAMPLIB member GIMASAMP? o I'm surprised at the 1981 copyright date. Isn't the SMP/E API

Re: XML Toolkit MKDIR install problem.

2008-09-01 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /usr/lpp was already there and I create /usr/lpp/xml19 This didn't work. Only the did I try /usr/lpp and this too didn't work. I believe the instructions indicated that you have to have the path already defined??? --- On Sat, 8/30/08, Kenneth E Tomiak [EMAIL

Re: dynamically generating Netview global variable names

2008-08-30 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
So in your sample, the variable CHECKING contains the value of the actual variable name? That is what I understand Eileen is trying to do. Fred = Some value CHECKING = Fred 'GLOBALV PUTT CHECKING' Fred = another value 'GLOBALV GETT CHECKING' Say Fred Should show Some value not another value.

Re: REXX GIMAPI Interface / CBT778

2008-08-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
the output it should. I reported the defect to IBM because the RXGIMAPI base code comes out of SAMPLIB with a 1981 copyright and is broken. Likely has been and either no one noticed or those that did failed to report the error. On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:26:03 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: REXX GIMAPI Interface / CBT778

2008-08-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I will send you an update and lengthy explanation of what I found today. You will be happy. The API works fine. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message:

Re: signing off my corporate email account

2008-08-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I view email in text mode only. So you can be forced to send html, but I don't have to view it that way. So Corporate has their head up ... Anyway, Ktomiak.biz is more relaxed and allows me to do what I want on my own time using my own personal email accounts. I could not stand to receive

Re: XML install questions.

2008-08-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
CICS TS 3.2 requires the XML Toolkit dataset as part of the SYSLIB concatenation, so it becomes the same as any cross-SREL usage, putting a PTF on XML Toolkit, wherever it is, means you might have to look at relinking something under CICS TS. How many shops are doing that? On Thu, 28 Aug 2008

Re: SREL For XML 1.9

2008-08-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Which is why you can order it with a z/OS ServerPac and not have the hassle of installing it separately. You will receive maintenance into the global zone you have the target zone connected to, right? Much simpler if it is with z/OS to begin with. I only went separate because of time

Re: z10 BC announcement

2008-08-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
How long as the z9 BC been out that you have these fears? Are you needing to upgrade for something the z10 has while also being on a tiny mainframe? If so, make noise to your IBM sales rep. On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:22:39 -0400, David Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Marchant: The smallest

Re: XML install questions.

2008-08-27 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I also needed to have the XML Toolkit installed for CICS TS 3.2. So I downloaded it, built a global zone, defined some DDDEFs, did the receive, apply, and accept. Pretty basic SMP/E stuff. It does not just come with a z/OS 1.9 ServerPac, you have to select it with the order. We did not, so we

Re: REXX GIMAPI Interface / CBT778

2008-08-27 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I read more than your post before responding. The source code clearly states RXGIMAPI is a front-end to the GIMAPI. On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:20:13 +1000, Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 16:57 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak wrote: You mistake someone working for IBM and donating

Re: Problem with FTP transfer to MVS (ZOS 1.5)

2008-08-27 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Missing blocks in the middle? Have never run into that on z/OS, the FTP would always fail if there was a problem, not skip blocks. Does your client not care if a block was received on theother end? Look for a pattern if it is reproducible. Are you using the correct lrecl/blksize? Any

Re: REXX GIMAPI Interface / CBT778

2008-08-27 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
The first best place to try for help for stuff found on the CBTTAPE is the author who submitted it. Perhaps he is unaware of the flaw. I see where he sets up the loop to get all entries and then all subentries, but not where he positions for the subentries of the 2nd through nth entry. Assuming

Re: REXX GIMAPI Interface / CBT778

2008-08-26 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
You mistake someone working for IBM and donating sample code to CBTTAPE as an API from IBM. It is not. I'll give it a try tonight. I assume the OP did notice the sample Rexx code traps the output into a compound variable, not a singular variable. You did display from stem.1 thru stem.[stem.0]?

Re: Find out allocations of current MSTJCL

2008-08-26 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I followed the control blocks up and found them using the supported releases of z/OS. On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:25:54 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Volkmar Langer wrote: I wonder if there's a way to find out which datasets are allocated to master jcl (some control block

Re: REXX GIMAPI Interface / CBT778

2008-08-26 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
to communicate it to them. I believe any legit customer can submit a Marketing Request and any member of SHARE can submit a requirement thru www.share.org. Industrious individuals have created products where IBM was slow to act. On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:57:05 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Question on how to order z/OS

2008-08-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
n+2 is supported. But yes, you can install 1.10, shutdown anything lower than 1.8, IPL 1.10 and never look back. Sounds pretty risky. On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:24:43 -0500, Pat Mihalec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have finally gotten permission to upgrade the software on the Mainframe. It has

Re: Unbelievable Patent for JCL

2008-08-18 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Then you have not spent enough time at looking at patents. Our legal system encourages things like this, not because we should, but because we can. I know someone who complains about how the Olympic committee is trying to stop anyone else from using Olympic in anything. Darn, they'll be after

Re: cbt

2008-08-18 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
COBANAL is wonderful, I found reading load modules using REXX was fun, and putting the parts together as compound variables was a learning experience, but I have not not kept up withy any new signatures to identify which language the csects might be and the options used to create them. Maybe

Re: SHARE MVS/SCP (z/OS) Project Get Involved Meeting! Sun Aug 10 5:30pm at SHARE in San Jose http://www.share.org/

2008-08-18 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I did in 1998 and they have not been able to get rid of me yet. And then there is the secret handshake, too! On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:26:58 -0400, Knutson, Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, You may find that if you get involved a little bit even doing small jobs and get to know other folks that

Re: Share Attendance

2008-08-18 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I was too busy snubbing Sam to get them all. Not really, I got the lowdown on the peel-off labels. From what I saw, three of the Route 22 labels were taken. I had to ask why 22, and learned the age. And the relevance of the elephant? Twelve of those appeared to be taken. So did the twelve to

Re: Share Attendance

2008-08-01 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Yes Ed, it is. So is saying 'put up open easels' without thinking through how to make that happen. (Patience - I'll get to what happens these days.) These open easels need to come from somewhere. Since SHARE is a User Group, it takes users with ideas to help move it along into an action. Just

Re: Problems that occur in production

2008-08-01 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
User guides are full of how to do things correctly. On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:07:30 -0500, J. Chiampi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you want someone to give you a list of of silly things not to do like divide by zero, use non-numeric fields in numeric operations, don't use subscripts wisely, and

Re: Share Attendance

2008-07-31 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
There used to always be an IBM-MAIN table at SCIDS. I think it had disappeared last time I was there. ... I heard SHARE requested it be disbanded because only SHARE projects or programs were allowed official tables. This may have happened when SCIDS was replaced by Meet the Projects. Rumors

Re: FILTER cmd not working in batch SDSF?

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:09:30 -0400, Farley, Peter x23353 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I'll have to wait until Monday and give it to my sysprogs. Thanks for trying to help. Peter I use PGM=SDSF and have two ways to capture job output in batch dating back to early SDSF. 1) Using FILTER

Re: PUT Method of z/os HTTP Web Server

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
On my non-z/OS web server I have a web page with a form using the methed=post option. The action points to a CGI program that has to be smart enough to store the incoming data. You can set up your web server to use datasets but you might find using a file (z/OS UNIX Services) is easier on the

Re: Terminal SYSIN in TSO Logon Proc

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I would say running your CLIST, REXX, or any other language code is not TSO itself, so if other DD statements are allocated in a logon proc it is for the application, not for TSO. Sometimes people add things to a logon proc not understanding true needs, too. I have seen SYSPRINT added into

Re: DSN wirh LRECL 32760 on Z/OS

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
No idea how to learn assembler? Or are you asking us to write the program for you? The old tried and true method works, tell the developer to devise a way to break his record up into smaller pieces. Alternatively, put the data into z/OS UNIX Services files and process it with a language that

Re: State of IDAHO feedback

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
And no mention of ROI - Return On Investment. How would you even track when the $28 Million paid for itself? As for efficient, don't most systems add bloat and complexity instead of simplifying them? Have you ever seen a really get-off-the-mainframe project that saved money? Not when they add

Re: Moving 3390-3 to 3390-9

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Having recently used a dataset mover we had a few tasks crash, so it was not transparent. Which caused an unscheduled outage. Your results may vary. On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:31:51 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:32:27 -0400, Jousma, David [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RRS/DB2 JDBC definition and implementation

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
www.ibm.com then look for the manuals. There is not one to do all that you ask for, there are several. Check Redbooks too. On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:54:04 -0500, Carlos Cordero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody! I need your help for this: to get a detailed documentation on how to

Re: FILTER cmd not working in batch SDSF?

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I have REXX code for pre-z/OS 1.8 that accepts a jobname and jobnumber and allocates the output file dynamically that I use so one jobb step can grab several outputs. z/OS 1.8 and above has a wonderful API to SDSF for REXX, too. Glad it helped. On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:36:03 -0400, Farley,

Re: FILTER cmd not working in batch SDSF?

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
You proved how being flexible in accepting a solution to a goal beats forcing a pre-chosen method. The other way may just need another command here or there. (I'm not logged on to check but was trying to recall if the PGM=name used is just an alias on the other.) On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:10:28

Re: Edit macro to support jcl set commands in instream inputs

2008-07-04 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
| SecuriTeam Software | | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Mob: +972 522 986404 | Skype: Itschak Mugzach | Web: www.Securiteam.co.il | -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth E Tomiak Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 3:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN

Re: DB2 V8 and Unicode

2008-07-03 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Problem is usually defined as something is broken. So it is not a problem that a huge pre-built image is loaded when you might use less than 2% of it. You can always buy more memory to support all the waste that takes place for non- problems. So this is purely an option for those shops that do

Re: SYSREXX and SDSF REXX support together: is it possible ?

2008-07-03 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
is currently running as *, which is not a userid we gave permissions to in ISFPARMS. I'm waiting on the security team to define a real userid for the AXR task. Then we can add it to ISFPARMS and I will try again. I expected RC(16) for not authorized. On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:31:11 -0500, Kenneth E

Re: Edit macro to support jcl set commands in instream inputs

2008-07-03 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Can you give an example of why running rexx code on tens of CICS regions every time they start up day after day to change a variable in SYSIN which is stored in a permanent dataset is productive? After all, I know have to go add SET statements to started task JCL for variables that are only in

Re: zAAP engine Benefit Question

2008-06-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
And Redbook authors really only know/write about the facts they know from doing the effort they set out to do, they are not updated as time goes on to be living documents. Some Redbooks get updates if the authors are till around and have the time, but not advances in general. So there may be

Re: Problems that occur in production

2008-06-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Any language can have problems if the author lacks basic programming skills for error handling. Make sure data is correct and use every available file- status/SQLCODE/return code instead of assuming an operation worked. It will bloat your code and make it run longer than not taking such

Re: TSO EDIT QUESTION - CUT PASTE

2008-06-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
ISPF cut paste will do lines, not characters, so the 'INSERT is on' should be irrelevant. There is no 'rest of the data on the right' since you will have pasted an entire line. If INSERT is on, you will have to had placed the 'a'/b' on the line already, since you can not insert inthe line

Re: Set JobId on Submit..

2008-06-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
And if you populate your RACF TSO segment you can also affect the outcome of submitting something without a JOBCARD. On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:27:31 EDT, Ed Finnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/19/2008 11:32:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wait a minute,

Re: SYSREXX and SDSF REXX support together: is it possible ?

2008-06-28 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
System REXX is not the same environment as TSO, so there are limitations of what you an do. Don't assume evey component that comes out with a REXX API (like TCP/IP, SDSF, IGGCSI00) is going to work under System REXX. Nor that the z/OS manuals (not REXX manuals) that document System REXX are

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2 (a suggested fix)

2008-05-23 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Or even try to turn a product that does one thing to incorporate another product for free. Job schedulers exists to manage the serialization and coordination of jobs beyond mere submittal. The free alternative is already there, they can put an IEBGENER step at the end of the a job to submit the

Re: How to cancel with just the JES jobid?

2008-05-09 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
How is it you came to have a jobid and not know the jobname? Maybe instead of fighting to find the name you can backtrack to what captured the jobid, it must have had a jobname at that point too. On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:34:39 -0500, Mark Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From an authorized

Re: DSNUTILB from REXX scripts

2008-05-08 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Can you cut and paste the full line you used? You are not showing how you passed the PARM data. On Wed, 7 May 2008 06:37:29 -0500, Karol Filipowicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I want to call DSNUTILB from REXX (of course by TSO CALL command like ADDRESS TSO CALL *(DSNUTILB) ) and: 1.in

Re: DSNUTIL from REXX scripts

2008-05-08 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
They ran this to the ground over on the DB2-L listserv - start writing assembler to create your own program that can be called by the rexx seemed to be a possible answer. http://www.idugdb2-l.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9912DL=db2-lP=3092 Looks like anyone who really wants to use REXX to invoke a DB2

Re: VSAM / COBOL question - redux (fwd)

2008-05-08 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
My understanding of HIPAA is access to data is not denied to everyone, knowing who accessed it is the requirement. For 'confidential' data, logging who accessed it even if they are AUTHORIZED is done in some hospitals. Think audit trail. And of course they try to limit access. But if the

Re: Business Recovery Exercise

2008-04-22 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Since you said initialize, for those who who might be curious: PGM=ICKDSF,PARM='NOREPLYU' What does the DFSMSdss manual suggest for RESTORE? I do not recall any ignore racf option. There are bypassacs options. I recover from a system with RACF and IBMUSER has SPECIAL and OPERATIONS, so never

Re: DB2 V7.1 going down

2008-04-22 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
H - CICS TS 2.2 was on my brain, thinking it was also DB2 V7.1 because we recently rushed to get off of it. But that was more wanting to get to 8.1. My apologies - I'll flog myself. On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:55:00 -0400, Bob Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here in the USA that means you

Re: action in UK33496

2008-04-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Programs can write to SYSPRINT as long as the blksize is compatible with LRECL so if an installation previoulsy hardcoded a valid blksize instead of using a system determined blksize then no action is required. This is one of those annoying actions we spend too much time researching only to

Re: COBOL / VSAM question.

2008-04-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
The timing of it happening and being diagnosed with a recent unrelated change. On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:20:42 -0700, CICS Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIRC (early VSAM DOS) What is it about the sysplex that prompts the 97? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Untrusted Access (Was how to log IND$FILE)

2008-04-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Keystrokes and mouse clicks go only so far, you need the program that captures screen images too. The additional security you mention only permits access to data, which like auditing is not proof of anything if they are working with data pertinent to their job. You need to catch them

Re: how to audit the usage of IND$FILE

2008-04-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
This post: Use of SPFEDIT in my own program Bob Rutledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a fine example of how to educate the OP instead of doing their work for them. On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:29:28 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After awhile I start to spot a trend from some people

Re: DB2 V7.1 going down

2008-04-20 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Go back in your change mgmt system and see what you changed during the last 3 months. The manual states: Determine the module that failed and the registers at the time of the error. If you suspect an error in DB2, refer to Part 2 of DB2 Diagnosis Guide and Reference for information on

Re: COBOL / VSAM question.

2008-04-18 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
'Now'? I fixed that problem in a COBOL program in Jan 2000. Eight years ago. Someone has not been keeping up to date with the state of the COBOL compilers. Do you expect the system programmer to tell the application programmer every change in how COBOL is working or that there is a new COBOL

Re: Xephon, are they still in business?

2008-04-18 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
No magic link nor telephone number, I wrote an article for Xephon in CICS Update and they recently contacted me to get some information. The email address used tcipubs.com and www.tcipubs.com shows both xephon and z Journal. Perhaps the president of z Journal also snubbed you. By November 2007

Re: how to audit the usage of IND$FILE

2008-04-17 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Do you strip search them as they leave the building to ensure paper is not in their posession? Ignoring the possibility of print-screen like functions, I can take a pen and a piece of paper and copy a file byte by byte and get a copy. Let me memorize a few lines of code every day and I can

Re: SMF System Logger - limitations of MANx

2008-03-30 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
What is the best color - purple. What is too high? That is for each of us to decide for ourselves. Return on investment rules. I would start with if it takes longer to dump than it takes to fill then it is too high. There is nothing wrong with a 100 cylinder MANx or a 750 cylinder MANx

Re: Multivolume Dataset Question

2008-03-30 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Each piece is not a separate dataset as far as the catalog is concerned. Ideally you are SMS managed so the politically correct answer is what you call reorg the entire file. I understand that to be just copy to a newname and then you can delete the current and rename the new to current. Now

Re: Convert EBCDIC to ASCII in batch?

2008-03-30 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I once had a problem FTPing a large dump to IBM. It kept timing out, and since I could not list the IBM side, thought it failed and sent it to a new name, which also timed out. I let IBM know and both files were the same size and complete, so that connection seemed to just be there to let me

Re: SMF in logstream and IFASMFDL

2008-03-22 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
The current complaints are you do not clear the logstream. A problem for shops that do not IPL for months on end. I have not heard of anyone forcibly reming logstreams, System Logger rules! On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:13:18 +0100, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to learn more about new

Re: Need MASS recall advice

2008-03-22 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Have the CIO key the names into the JCL. I caught you said 100,000's of files. So write a program to read the list and build what your solution method is. Either a job with IEFBR14 or if you used REXX to read the list you could issue the HRECALL command, not caring if it worked or not, you

Re: Unable To Delete Archived Dataset

2008-03-22 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Rename would require the dataset to be recalled which is failing. The catalog entry is easily changed, but renaming a migrated dataset would require intelligence in the HSM/DMS software to update it's data about the dataset, which could be on tape. The tape would have to be rewritten in order

Re: SDSF GIVING ACCESS TO THE LOG COMMAND

2008-03-16 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Try and narrow down whether you are using a PARMLIB(ISFPARM) member to control SDSF access or RACF with commands. You do not use both unless you want to stay confused. our results may vary, sometimes have the user logon again helps refresh that access you might be lacking. RDEFINE and PERMIT

Re: SMPE error in FROMNET

2008-03-15 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I was getting that error last week, starting around 4 PM MST on a Thursday. It continued until Tuesday. We slowly pieced together what our problem was, your results may vary. A combination of a DNS server change on our part and the domain registrar broadcasting some IP addresses for DNS servers

Re: Unable To Delete Archived Dataset

2008-03-15 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
IEFBR14 basically returns with R15=0, so it should always return with a code 0. The only other expectation you could have is getting a JCL error in the step. It never opens the DD statements you include. It cares not if your allocation requests work or not. Thus as long as allocation for

Re: Unable To Delete Archived Dataset

2008-03-15 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
I notice there is no MSGID with the :ITEM DOES NOT ADHERE TO RESTRICTIONS text. Is that a DMS message? Maybe DMS is unable to delete it's recorded entry of it being migrated? The IEFBR14 suggestion should have caused a RECALL to occur and then the delete to happen. If it was not deleted, why

Re: Rexx - TRAP errors / Exception handling ?

2008-03-15 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
Would someone please verify if z/OS (or any other) REXX yields not valid for any month numbers other than 2, 13, 14, or 15? Those are the only ones invalid in my test. - snip - Executing your REXX code with OpenObject Rexx on my Windows/XP system: 01/01/08 is valid 01/02/08 is

Re: Is 00000000 a valid sequence number?

2008-03-15 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:01:25 -0600, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if I intend to write a sequence number validator, I'm concerned less with what the producers generate than with what the consumers (IEBUPDTE, ISPF, ISRSUPC, other?) accept. ISPF is both a generator and a consumer.

Re: Sorting Hex Data - ISPF or Batch

2008-03-15 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
My way - http://www.ktomiak.biz/ORG/STUFF/tips/REXX036.html Adding a column for non-displayable data was not an option I wanted to do. Nor was writing my own specialized sort. I also submitted a requirement through the SHARE ISPF Project to have ISPF do something as simple as this. How long

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