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TAKE OUR NEW POLL! Are you satisfied in your job as a mainframe administrator? Sound off at http://search390.techtarget.com/poll. ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Developer Tip: Regular Expressions for the SQL-challenged - Expert advice: Controlling lrecl, blksize and recfm - Join the Discussion: Distributed vs. centralized data centers - Today's News: Palmisano preps for IBM's growth - Featured Topic: Moving to Parallel Sysplex 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Subscribe to our Data Center Futures Newsletter! - Have a great tip? Share it with Search390.com - The Missing Link: Student writes English essay in text ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DEVELOPER TIP | Regular Expressions for the SQL-challenged Fans of MySQL and mSQL taunt DB2 users about DB2's lack of support for the non-standard RLIKE/REGEXP facility in SELECT and other SQL statements. What's all the fuss about? What can DB2 users do? Inquiring minds want to know. >> Read the entire tip at http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci883768,00.html. Got a 390-developer tip of your own? You can become famous immediately by sending that tip in. We'll post it on our Web site where all your friends and contemporaries can see it, thus devolving that fame upon you. And, as a bonus, we'll enter you in our tips contest, for some neat prizes. Send your tips to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASK THE EXPERT | Controlling lrecl, blksize and recfm QUESTION: How do I control the lrecl, blksize and recfm when executing FTP from an MVS batch job to get a file from a server and FTP it to the mainframe? I have tried the LOCSITE parameter, but the uploaded file gets truncated. See messages below. >> For Jim Keohane's expert response to this question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid519772_tax285123,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DISCUSSION | Distributed vs. centralized data centers Some of you have been sharing your thoughts with us on the ongoing debate over centralized versus distributed IT. While some say departmental servers are a way to access data quicker and easier than they would from a mainframe, others of you say that a centralized environment is still the way to go for various reasons, including cost savings, improved availability and simplified troubleshooting. What are the pros and cons for one or the other type of data center? What type of environment are you working in? Will that change? >> To join the discussion, CLICK: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff9/216!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= >> For a related article, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci879203,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TODAY'S NEWS PALMISANO PREPS FOR IBM'S GROWTH | Network World IBM CEO Sam Palmisano is a proven leader, but a tough economy and even tougher competition might keep him from resting on any laurels he might have earned in his rookie year. The headline above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Moving to Parallel Sysplex Does your mainframe need to support rapid growth? If so, you may want to consider a move to the Parallel Sysplex clustering technology. Find out how to achieve workload balancing and high availability with Parallel Sysplex. >> For this week's featured topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci883022,00.html >> For a listing of our previous information-packed featured topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Subscribe to our Data Center Futures Newsletter! You probably go to great lengths to keep up to date with the latest data center skills and technologies. But you shouldn't just get the latest information... Look to the future! Twice a month, the Data Center Futures newsletter gives you a rundown of all you need to know to ready your data center for the future. >> For more information, CLICK: http://search390.com/r/0,,5628,00.htm? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HAVE A GREAT TIP? SUBMIT IT TO SEARCH390.COM We're always looking for timesaving shortcuts, tricks or hints that can help 390 pros. If you have one in mind, send it in! We'll post it to the site so all of your peers can learn from your expertise. >> To submit a tip, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Student writes English essay in text Some technology may be setting us back rather than taking us forward. A 13-year-old British student turned in an English essay written in the kind of text messaging jargon that C-3PO and the Rosetta Stone couldn't translate, much less the teacher. The essay began like this: "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 : kids FTF." The Queen's English it ain't. The translation is "My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three screaming kids face to face." Educators say this is just another sad example of how literacy skills are suffering in the computer age. 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