Compile COBOL Programs In 64 Bit.

2015-01-10 Thread Mehrshad Manshadi
Hi,I am looking for COBOL compiler option to compile our COBOL programs in 64 Bit mode.Please lead me if you have such a experience .The COBOL version is 4.2 on Z9 with z/OS 1.12.Best regardsManshadi -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: DB2 query estimator (was: How Does Your Shop Limit Testing in the Production LPAR)

2015-01-10 Thread Scott Chapman
On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 01:44:35 +0100, Bernd Oppolzer bernd.oppol...@t-online.de wrote: It is normal practice at the shops I work to do EXPLAIN regularly on all programs that go into production and to store the PLAN TABLE results for later trouble shooting ... if there is trouble. The developers at

Re: DB2 query estimator

2015-01-10 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
BTW: when we installed the tool in the mid 90s, IIRC, and when we defined the first rule set for our DB2 programs (I was in charge then to define the rules together with the DB2 admins, because I started in 1992 to do the DB2 classes for our DB2 developers), we then did a first check on all the

Re: How Does Your Shop Limit Testing in the Production LPAR

2015-01-10 Thread Scott Chapman
On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 09:58:03 -0500, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: I'm one of those types. The governor pretty well guarantees a re-submission. Which means twice the resources (or more) spent to do nothing! How can they debug/tune something if we don't let complete? That does seem to be a

Re: Compile COBOL Programs In 64 Bit.

2015-01-10 Thread Mike Schwab
z/OS 2.1 Cobol 5.1 still limited to 31 bit mode. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_9.0.1/com.ibm.ent.cbl.zos.doc/migrate/igymsoacb51.html?lang=en On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:14 AM, Mehrshad Manshadi 0056e0e17177-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: Hi,I am looking for COBOL

Re: Compile COBOL Programs In 64 Bit.

2015-01-10 Thread Martin Packer
A reasonable question to the Original Poster (OP) is what are you hoping to achieve with 64 bit? Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs:

Re: Requirements for use of RECORD parameter on SETRP macro

2015-01-10 Thread Peter Relson
I believe that SETRP RECORD has never required authorization. That would make the doc update a doc correction. FWIW, ESTAE(X)'s TERM=YES is something else that (a bit surprisingly, perhaps, when you think about why someone typically uses TERM=YES) does not require authorization. Peter Relson