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Register today at: http://www.storagedecisions.com/html/registration.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEED BEST PRACTICES FOR WEB-ENABLING LEGACY APPS? | by Jim Keohane Dear Ask the Expert, I am looking for some books/Web sites explaining best practices for Web-enabling legacy applications. I have read many white papers from different companies, including IBM, but most of them try to market their product offerings more instead of explaining the technologies behind them. >> CLICK for Jim's answer: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid483906_tax285032,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IS IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE SEQUENCES ON DB2 FOR MVS? | by Willie Favero Dear Ask the Expert, Is it possible to create sequences on DB2 for MVS V6 V7? >> CLICK for Willie's answer: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid484973_tax285226,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO FREE STORAGE FOR SUBPROGRAMS? | by Tom Ross Dear Ask the Expert, If program A calls program B, and the control comes back to A from B, the working storage allocated for B is not released. We have many calls like this and we are faced with virtual storage problems. Is there a way we can tell either COBOL or LE to release the storage as soon as the program execution completes? >> CLICK for Tom's answer: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid485214_tax285603,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 FEATURED TOPIC | Meet the Experts -- Tom Ross Search390's team of mainframe-savvy pros are here to answer your toughest questions. This week, the spotlight is on COBOL guru Tom Ross. We've gathered some of the best Q&A's in Tom's category for you in this week's Featured Topic. >> CLICK for full Featured Topic: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci843107,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW MUCH ARE YOU WORTH? | Search390 Salary Survey Take our ongoing salary survey yourself or just check out the results through several views. See the responses of your peers broken down by title and experience, degrees and certification, technology background, working conditions, demographics and region. >> CLICK to visit: http://search390.techtarget.com/salarySurveySkill/1,293986,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 DISCUSSION FORUMS | Operating Systems Search390 member "bobcrail" posted the following in the Operating Systems forum and needs your help: "I am looking for any input on migrating databases from DL/I to IMS (DBCONTROL). 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