THIS WEEK: Rexx

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>>About this email:  >>Receive this email as text  February 19, 2002  In this Issue >> From the editor: Live Q&A, February 20th at 2:00 PM EST >> Featured Topic: Rexx >> Expert Technical Advice: * Featured Expert: Ken Davies * Help out a new member * Record I/O, ki ay, Java coder >> Site Highlights: * Best Web Links Highlight: REXX * Storage Poll * Special Offer: XML Training - SAVE $500  From the Editor: by BJ Rama, Site Editor Greetings search390 members, I am pleased to announce that CICS guru Bob Yelavich will be joining search390 for another live Q&A tomorrow, February 20th at 2:00 PM EST. This time, Bob will be discussing CICS & XML for business to business. He'll also discuss what B2B is and how XML relates to B2B objectives. Bob will provide an introduction to XML and how it might be implemented in a CICS Transaction Server environment. IBM and vendor XML offerings will be identified, and future directions for CICS and XML will be described, as well as programming and application design considerations. If you want to know more about CICS, XML and their relation to B2B data processing, make sure to join us tomorrow. You can save yourself some time by pre-registering for this event here. See you tomorrow!  Featured Topic: Rexx by Robyn Lorusso, Assistant Site Editor For many, Rexx is the scripting language of choice. Created to make programming accessible to non-programmers, its ease-of-use has inspired NetRexx and Rexx for CICS. Check out these links for more info. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Ken Davies, CICS Chief Designer, IBM Category: CICS Ken is here to answer your CICS-related questions. Pose a question for Ken here This Week: In the forums >> What better way to welcome a new member of search390 than with an answer to a question? New search390 member "attach" is trying to locate sample code that uses IBM macros attach wait and detach samples and any other reading or sample material. If you can point attach in the right direction, click here. Tip of the Week: Your WebSphere Java servlet has a horrible time accessing MVS datasets efficiently. You're not alone. PL/I coders get their knuckles rapped if they overdo usage of PUT/GET EDIT/DATA. C coders are likewise encouraged to limit formatted I/O via printf's and scanf's. "Why don't you behave like the COBOL coders do and simply use READs and WRITEs?" they are asked. Never mind that COBOL doesn't allow much beyond DISPLAYs. Record I/O is a performance benefit. Consider tweaking your Java servlet or application to use Java Record I/O (JRIO). >> Record I/O, ki ay, Java coder  Site Highlights Best Web Links Highlight: REXX We've dedicated a whole category in our Best Web Links section to REXX. Check it out today! Storage Poll Have your storage considerations changed since integrating your mainframe with the Web? Take our poll and get instant results! Special Offer: XML Training - SAVE $500 If you're looking to learn XML, look no further. Search390.com has gathered 6 highly recommended XML courses and bundled them together at a special price for members of search390. Live Tomorrow Join us for a Live Expert Q&A with Bob Yelavich on XML and CICS for B2B tomorrow at 2pm EST (19 GMT) - Pre-register TODAY! Click Here Free ITSM Whitepaper Login to searchSystemsManagement to download a Free copy of "A Practical Approach to IT Services Management Assessment" today! Login Here Did You Win? The TechTarget Xbox contest results are in...Are you one of our winners? Click on the link below and find out! Click Here! A B O U T  T H I S  E - M A I L : This e-mail is brought to you by TechTarget where you can get relevant search results from over 20 industry-specific Web sites. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed. Copyright 2002 TechTarget, Inc. All rights reserved.