=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM | Tech Update: Developer Edition February 5, 2003
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Get your free Health Check from CommerceQuest! http://search390.com/r/0,,9888,00.htm?commercequest - XML in a Mainframe World White Paper from Xbridge Systems http://search390.com/r/0,,9887,00.htm?xbridgesystems =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Tip: Do you know what a PL/X is? - Tip: C strings in a COBOL, PL/I, S/390 assembler world - Expert advice: How to read RRDS with a key in PL/I? - News: New IBM DB2 offering addresses integration - Expert advice: Any risks running SQL-generated PL/I under DB2? - White papers: Programming Languages 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Discussion: Find out who is calling your COBOL program - Poll: Do you have to cut software maintenance costs? - The Missing Link: Technology drives motorists to ignorance __________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: CommerceQuest, enabling the dynamic enterprise Get your free Health Check from CommerceQuest! Does your Mainframe perform to its top potential? With swift reliability, the mainframe has regained its place as the essential business computing asset. CommerceQuest introduces "The CICS Health Check," a one-week intensive effort to improve the performance of your CICS platform. Click here to enter for a FREE Health Check! http://search390.com/r/0,,9888,00.htm?commercequest __________________________________________________________________ DO YOU KNOW WHAT A PL/X IS? | by Jim Keohane While PL/X has largely been an internal IBM secret, some consider this proprietary language a strategic advantage. But what does it look like? Check out the benefits, source samples and variations of PL/X in this tip. >> CLICK for full tip: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci878340,00.html Like this tip? Please rate it when you have a chance. Do you have a time-saving shortcut, trick or hint? If you'd like to share your expertise with other 390 pros, send in your tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= C STRINGS IN A COBOL, PL/I, S/390 ASSEMBLER WORLD | by Jim Keohane How can C strings handle COBOL LOW-VALUES in a record/field? Why must you count up to a NULL byte to determine a string's length when you're used to separate length fields from COBOL, PL/I and assembler legacy data? Why does C think "Hello" is lower than "Hello " when COBOL and PL/I think both literals are equal? Here's some help for those legacy cases. >> CLICK for the full tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci837480,00.html?FromTaxonomy=/pr/286020 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO READ RRDS WITH A KEY IN PL/I? | Ask the Expert Dear Tom Ross, How do I read an RRDS (relative record dataset) with a key in PL/I? How do I declare it to tie the key to the file? The key is MYKEY FIXED BIN(31) INIT(0). A code example, which does not work, is MYKEY = 42; READ FILE (MYFILE) INTO (MYLAYOUT) KEY(MYKEY). As a result, the file is read sequentially from the beginning. >> CLICK for Tom's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid507454_tax285603,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEW IBM DB2 OFFERING ADDRESSES INTEGRATION | News: SearchDatabase.com IBM's new DB2 Information Integrator software addresses the integration needs of most enterprise decision makers, the company and an analyst said. It brings together structured and unstructured data from disparate sources and should be a hit for enterprises needing to synchronize their customer relationship management data. DB2 Information Integrator is the first product to come out of IBM's Xperanto research project. >> CLICK for full story: http://www.searchdatabase.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci878456,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ANY RISKS RUNNING SQL-GENERATED PL/I UNDER DB2? | Ask the Expert Dear Craig Mullins, Are there any risks when we run a PL/I or COBOL program generated with the V7 SQL Precompiler under DB2 V5? >> CLICK for Craig's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid512138_tax293066,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES | White papers Are you looking for help with COBOL programming, application integration or maybe an assembler coding routine? Visit this white papers section for the resources you need to get started. >> CLICK for the white papers: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepapersByCategory/0,293837,sid10_tax292623_idx0_off10,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Xbridge FREE WHITE PAPER - XML in a Mainframe World Using XML to access Mainframe Data? Learn how XML enables VSAM, IMS DB and DB2 data to be accessible and usable in a single file, on the desktop. And, how it can be done all in real-time. 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CLICK to read the suggestions: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff7/770 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390.com Are you getting the squeeze from your CIO to cut software maintenance costs? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Technology drives motorists to blissful ignorance Technology -- it sure beats thinking. A new computerized product could make getting behind the wheel a real no-brainer, which is good because a lot of drivers seem to be short on brains but long on middle fingers. 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