On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It's been a decade or two, but concurrent batch/online was a base feature of > >IMS. Problems included the difficulty in backing out the effects of a > >malfunctioning batch program. > > It's called BMP -- Batch Message Programming. > Instead of going against the database directly, the Batch job talks to the > IMS control region. > My understanding (I am not an IMS application programmer, nor do I play one > on TV) is that there is little effort required to convert Batch offline to > BMP processing, but an expert would have to confirm. > > Also, there is the crude approach of processing against a copy of the > database. > > If it weren't moribund, I would suggest posting the question on IMS-L. > I have been a subscriber over there for years, since I have only (for three > years) once worked at a non-IMS shop. > I haven't seen a posting from it in a long time. > I wouldn't call IMS-L moribund. It's not nearly as active as IBM-MAIN, but there are about 20-30 threads per month. This month has been a bit slow, however.
There is a lot of excellent IMS knowledge on that list. I lurk there regularly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
