=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM | Tech Update: Developer Edition February 19, 2003
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Download a FREE WHITE PAPER and Win a FREE CICS HEALTH CHECK http://search390.com/r/0,,10563,00.htm?commercequest =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Tip: S/390's RELATIVE and IMMEDIATE instructions - News: COBOL still relevant - Tip: Leave system-wide notes - White papers: Programming Languages -- COBOL - Expert advice: Defining a cursor based on input fields - IT Career Expert: Why programmers will move toward .NET in 2003 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Expert: Jim Keohane - Poll: Are you HIPAA compliant? - The Missing Link: Shopkeeper takes bytes out of crime __________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: CommerceQuest Download a FREE WHITE PAPER and Win a FREE CICS HEALTH CHECK Get the CommerceQuest White Paper, "The Mainframe: Ready for e-Business," to learn about the key role your mainframe can play in the evolution to Web services! Register for our FREE "CICS Health Check," a one-week engagement providing results in efficiency and a roadmap for improvements. The Health Check will help you integrate your CICS-based applications across the enterprise and the Web. Visit http://search390.com/r/0,,10563,00.htm?commercequest __________________________________________________________________ S/390'S RELATIVE AND IMMEDIATE INSTRUCTIONS | by Jim Keohane In the past, you may have used a COBOL compiler feature to improve CPU performance of resultant object code. Now you can do this by hand using newer S/390 instructions. These instructions allow you to reduce code size and the number of base registers needed. This tip, one of Search390.com's highest rated, offers code snippets showing IMMEDIATE and RELATIVE instructions, and how they assemble without base registers or USING statements. >> CLICK for full tip: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci881090,00.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/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= COBOL STILL RELEVANT | News: COBOL Report The news of COBOL's demise has been exaggerated. This column by COBOL celebrity Jerome Garfunkel traces COBOL bashing through the ages and how the language continues to surprise critics. Garfunkel argues the language is far from dead. He cites how new initiatives are integrating COBOL with the latest and greatest applications such as Web services and Microsoft's .NET. >> CLICK for full story: http://www.cobolreport.com/columnists/jerome/02172003.asp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAVE SYSTEM-WIDE NOTES | by Jim Keohane Sure you can write keyword/value pair info to one or more datasets or members. But wouldn't you like less overhead plus the ability to change settings on the fly? This tip says to try name/token pairs. >> CLICK for full tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci845752,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: COBOL | White papers Are you looking for help with COBOL programming, upgrades and performance? Visit this white papers section for the resources you need to get started. White papers include "Development of the COBOL standard," "COBOL/390 LE upgrade" and "Chapters 1 and 2 of Murach's CICS for the COBOL programmer." >> CLICK for the white papers: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepapersSearchResults/1,,sid10_off10_idx0,00.html?query=cobol&searchChoice=ALL+WHITE+PAPERS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DEFINING A CURSOR BASED ON INPUT FIELDS | Ask the Expert Dear Craig Mullins, I am developing an online application in COBOL DB2 on the mainframe whose cursor definition (the where clause) is dependent on what fields are populated by the user. I have 13 input fields, and a user might populate a minimum of three fields depending on available input. Another user might populate six fields. Can I define my cursor after checking what fields have been populated and how? Can you also give me an example? >> CLICK for Craig's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid506740_tax293066,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TRAINERS: PROGRAMMERS WILL MOVE TOWARD .NET IN 2003 | by Gary Kranz 2003 could be the year more developers augment their skills by learning the Visual Basic .NET and Visual Studio .NET programming environments, according to corporate computer training specialists. Both tools are part of Microsoft's object-oriented programming environment, designed to help companies use the Web. Find out how you can cash in on .NET skills in this tip. >> CLICK for full tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci874358,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED EXPERT | Jim Keohane Jim Keohane's good advice spans not one but two categories on Search390.com: Troubleshooting System 390 and Web Integration. He is an independent consultant with 20 years of experience in programming and managerial positions, and is the founder of Multi-Platforms, Inc. 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