=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM | Tech Update May 26, 2004 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ____________________________________________________________________ ISSUE SPONSORED BY:
- Xbridge Systems. Free Mainframe Web Enablement White Paper. ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Featured Topic: COBOL for newbies - Featured Tip: Crafting a new crib for PROCLIB - Expert advice: How to set run-time options in CICS - Expert advice: The maximum length of a VARCHAR item 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Poll: z/OS migration fun - Join the Discussion: Autosys to ESP conversion - The Missing Link: Bush, Kerry get "Google bombed" ::::::::::::::::::::::::: SPONSOR ::::::::::::::::::::::::: Free Mainframe Web Enablement White Paper In today's competitive business environment, critical data is needed for the business decisions made every day. Organizations are quickly extending Web services into operational areas, in order to provide better access to enterprise data. With this white paper, you will learn about the obstacles that organizations are facing to get enterprise data to the web; and, how to web enable your mainframe using the right tools and in as little as one line of code. Click here to download this free white paper: http://ttarget.adbureau.net/adclick/CID=000050ba0000000000000000 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TIP | Crafting a new crib for PROCLIB Moving a PROCLIB can be a pain in the butt but Search390.com site expert Mark Zelden suggests a way to get it done. >> For the complete tip, click: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci966813,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=483669 >> Got a handy tech tip of your own? We'll post it on our Web site, where all your friends and contemporaries can see it. Click: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit?track=NL-170&ad=483669 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO SET RUN-TIME OPTIONS IN CICS | Ask the Expert A Search390.com user asked Tom Ross, our COBOL, PL/I and LE for S/390 expert: "How do I override LE runtime options in a CICS region? Can I use PARM on the execute statement in the JCL?" >> For Tom's response, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid588874_tax285603,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=483669 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF A VARCHAR ITEM | Ask the Expert A Search390.com user asked Craig Mullins, our DB2 and database management expert: "What is the maximum length of a VARCHAR item?" >> For Craig's response, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid587986_tax293066,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=483669 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | COBOL for newbies Other programming languages come and go but COBOL still remains. The editors of Search390.com have assembled a collection of our best COBOL content. >> For this week's featured topic, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci966367,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=483669 >> For a listing of our previous information-packed featured topics, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=483669 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= POLL | z/OS migration fun How would you describe your z/OS migration process? >> To take the poll, click here: http://search390.techtarget.com/?track=NL-170&ad=483669#poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JOIN THE DISCUSSION | Autosys to ESP conversion In our operating system forum, "JOBSchedulers" asked: "I need some information oh how to do a converion from Autosys job scheduler to ESP Workload manager. What are the steps involved in this conversion?" >> Read the rest of JOBSchedulers' posting and respond, click: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff6/559 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Kerry, Bush can add "Google bombed" to list of accomplishments Remember when the word "waffles" actually referred to a breakfast food that looked great with Mrs. Butterworth? But thanks to geeks, Google and politics, "waffles" is now all about Democratic candidate John Kerry and President Bush. Republicans "Google bombed" the senator from Massachusetts, using their conservative blogs to get Kerry's Web site atop Google's search results for the word "waffles." The Democratic response? The Bush-Cheney 2004 Web site now comes up third in a Yahoo search for "waffles." But the most interesting search for "waffles" yielded the menu from Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n' Waffles in Los Angeles. No politics; just good eats. (San Jose Mercury News) >> Click: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1620&ncid=1212&e=10&u=/sv/20040525/tc_sv/wafflesbringsupkerrysiteinprank >> Want to hear more offbeat tales from the world of information technology? Check out our complete archive of Missing Links: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax292647,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=483669 ____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SEARCH390.COM CONTACTS ************************ EDWARD HURLEY, Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. MARYANN TRIPP, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your white papers and best web links. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, Senior News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. 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