Re: Help with orphan in FIFO control block chain

2016-11-17 Thread Donald Likens
Sorry it took me so long to respond. I did not see that this was updated in the daily updates. I do not think R1 is used in these instructions. Why do you ask? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, se

Re: SVC display

2016-11-17 Thread Cieri, Anthony
There are (2) Rexx execs located on file 220 of the CBTtape.org web site (V492) (http://www.cbttape.org/ They are LISTSVCJ and LISTSVCT. These execs will list the SVC Update Journal table and the all of the active SVCs respectively. HTH Tony -Original Me

Re: SMP/E and IEBUPDTE

2016-11-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Tom Marchant wrote: >Tom's rule number 1 about creating PTFs: Don't change the PTF! >Tom's rule number 2: If you think it is ok to change the PTF this time, refer >to rule 1. >Tom's rule number 3: If you do change the PTF, despite the first two rules, >then RESTORE and REJECT it, then RECEIVE an

Re: SMP/E and IEBUPDTE

2016-11-17 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:35:46 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >o APPLY REDO doesn't always undo the side effects of the prior APPLY. > I suspect this is particularly true if the SYSMOD contains ++*UPD or > ++ZAP or if the newer version contains fewer CSECTs than the > previous and this is what I mi

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread Bill Woodger
COBOL has had XML parsing for a while, and has generation. Of late it uses the z/OS System Service. For JSON parsing (parsing only so far) it also uses the existing z/OS System Service. So Enterprise COBOL has native parsing/generation for XML and native parsing for JSON. It has nothing native

Re: SMP/E and IEBUPDTE

2016-11-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:46:37 -0500, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: >> I don't believe PTFS using IEBUPDTE can be RESTORED. > >Why do you believe this? Of course PTFs containing ++MACUPD or ++SRCUPD >can be RESTOREd. > I stand corrected. I misled myself by my (mis-)understanding of our own development

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
Maybe now we have some sort of confusion on acronyms; I was talking of XLS = file extension of ExCel files, not XSL = XML schema language ... Kind regards Bernd Am 17.11.2016 um 19:13 schrieb Allan Staller: I believe z/OS (as of 2.1? 1.13) has built in XML services. Try here http://www-03.

Re: S0c4 abend in batch job question

2016-11-17 Thread Lizette Koehler
SO is the S0C4 in an application program? If so, then products like Dumpmstr and Abendaid capture it and format it so the application programmer does not have to know how to read dumps. Is there a reason why you are having a concern? If this includes LE functions, then a CEEDUMP should have be

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread Allan Staller
I believe z/OS (as of 2.1? 1.13) has built in XML services. Try here http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/xml/ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bernd Oppolzer Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 12:08 PM To:

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
BTW: at the company where I am working at the moment, we need to build "true" XLS files at the mainframe (no CSVs) which are then transferred to a Windows network drive, so that the clients (that is, Accounting people etc.) can fetch them from there. The problem with mainframe generated CSVs is

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:01:53 -0600, Bill Woodger wrote: > > >The only real problem with delimiters is when the delimiter can occur in > the data. Often a good reason for avoiding commas. Tab

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:01:53 -0600, Bill Woodger wrote: >The only real problem with delimiters is when the delimiter can occur in the >data. Often a good reason for avoiding commas. Tab can be good, as long as the >data cannot contain tab (unlikely for Mainframe data). > >Delimiters in the data

Re: SMP/E and IEBUPDTE

2016-11-17 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
IEBUPDTE depends on 'standard' line numbers in columns 73 - 80 to identify lines for modification, deletion, or insert location. IBM guarantees that source and macro line numbers remain fixed for the life of an FMID. There are few if any other elements that have reliable line numbers even for fi

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
I didn't know about the existence of the RFC. I think that some things are missing, for example: in Germany (and German editions of Office packages), the separation char in CSV is a semicolon, because the comma is used in numeric values instead of the decimal point (see COBOL's "DECIMAL POINT IS

Re: IBM FTPS connect

2016-11-17 Thread Mark Pace
I'm still working with this customer to get their FTPS working. It has taken forever for the networking staff to work on the firewall. I think they have it fixed. But when I connect and try to download with the sample JCL., now it says it cannot find the file. Also when I went to look at the sa

Re: JES2 Mods

2016-11-17 Thread Larry Martin
No the actual statement used system MVSA. I incorrectly meant to imply any valid LPAR name. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 10:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSE

Re: SMP/E and IEBUPDTE

2016-11-17 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
I don't believe PTFS using IEBUPDTE can be RESTORED. Why do you believe this? Of course PTFs containing ++MACUPD or ++SRCUPD can be RESTOREd. Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM, SMP/E Development -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: S0c4 abend in batch job question

2016-11-17 Thread william janulin
Answer on my S0c4 question. Given that LE was involved, Dumpmaster's LE exit module DMBLEATE captured the dump. If Dumpmaster was not there, a dump would have been produced, most likely to a SYSDUMPn dataset or possibly a SYSOUT dataset as I understand it. Thanks everyone for all of your input

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread Bill Woodger
CSV has been around a long time (I certainly used them in '91, and perhaps earlier). It for sure would be good to have native COBOL support, but 25+ years without it may indicate it is not much of a priority. I'd support an RFE, but not lose any sleep about it happening any time soon. I don't t

Re: JES2 Mods

2016-11-17 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM
I have the same problem if I use your statement (JOBPARM i.s.o JOPARM) /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=MVS* HASP112 value of SYSAFF= parameter is not valid Did you by any chance mean to use /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=*? Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTS

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Bill Woodger wrote: > The only real problem with delimiters is when the delimiter can occur in > the data. Often a good reason for avoiding commas. Tab can be good, as long > as the data cannot contain tab (unlikely for Mainframe data). > > Delimiters in the data

JES2 Mods

2016-11-17 Thread Larry Martin
I posted a question about SYSAFF not working and received several resonses (thanks). Thanks especially to Bill Planer for his suggestions. Several people asked for specifics about the failure. This ocurrs when using /*JOPARM SYSAFF=MVS* The message is out of module HASCSRIP and reads "-- INV

Re: COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread Bill Woodger
The only real problem with delimiters is when the delimiter can occur in the data. Often a good reason for avoiding commas. Tab can be good, as long as the data cannot contain tab (unlikely for Mainframe data). Delimiters in the data can be "protected" by enclosing the data of that field in dou

Re: Steplib APF failure

2016-11-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:29:28 +0530, Peter wrote: >I have installed a product when I try to start it fails with module not >being APFed. > >There are two datasets in STEPLIB. The Dataset1 which has the failing >modules is already APFed. Still the STC fails and it was fixed once the >second dataset

Re: S0c4 abend in batch job question

2016-11-17 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM
Bill, Don’t you mix up dumps and abends? Was a system dump produces? I don't know dumpmaster, but does it handle abends or dumps? Kees. - Yes, a dump was produced, it was picked up by Macro 4's dumpmaster. LE may be involved here. see message below: CEE3204S The system detected

Re: LDAP on z/os

2016-11-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:23:42 +0530, venkat kulkarni wrote: >Hello, > >Do we have any way to implement LDAP on z/os for authentication purpose. Your question is unclear. If you mean "could we run an LDAP server on z/OS so that applications running elsewhere can authenticate using that z/OS LDA

COBOL parsing of "delimited files".

2016-11-17 Thread John McKown
This is more just a question that emerged from the inky depths of my mind. The COBOL compiler we have, 3.4.1, has an XML PARSE verb. I looked in the current, 6.1, COBOL language reference material and notice that there is now a JSON PARSE verb. Excellent work, COBOL people! But there are a lot of p

Re: S0c4 abend in batch job question

2016-11-17 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM
I don't understand: was a dump produced and where did you see it? Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of william janulin Sent: 17 November, 2016 14:45 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: S0c4 abend in batch job questi

Re: S0c4 abend in batch job question

2016-11-17 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 7:45 AM, william janulin < 008d52e04f2e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > To list; > Can anyone explain why a dump on a S0c4 abend in a batch job would be > produced when there is no SYSUDUMP or SYSABEND dd statement in the failing > job's jcl? > Thank you in ad

S0c4 abend in batch job question

2016-11-17 Thread william janulin
To list;   Can anyone explain why a dump on a S0c4 abend in a batch job would be produced when there is no SYSUDUMP or SYSABEND dd statement in the failing job's jcl? Thank you in advance, Bill J. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sig

Re: RCNVTCAT and SCNVTCAT enhanced

2016-11-17 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Sam, It appears as though quotes on the target catalog name will also work. TSO RCNVTCAT 'catalog.name' TARGET(my.new.catalog.name) TSO RCNVTCAT 'catalog.name' TARGET('my.new.catalog.name') Both produced an identical PDS members/contents Thanks again for adding this. Bob -Original Messag

Re: Steplib APF failure

2016-11-17 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:29:28 +0530, Peter wrote: >There are two datasets in STEPLIB. The Dataset1 which has the failing >modules is already APFed. Still the STC fails and it was fixed once the >second dataset was APFed. > >I am trying to understand why would STC expect the second dataset in >stepl

Re: LDAP on z/os

2016-11-17 Thread Donald J.
You have two issues to consider. a) what ldap strings the client is "programmed" to be able to send. check your ITDS log file (or trace) on z/os to see what is being sent and make adjustments if needed b) what ldap strings the Tivoli Directory Server will accept. Only a few filters are allowed

Re: SMP/E and IEBUPDTE

2016-11-17 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 20:16:32 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I don't believe PTFS using IEBUPDTE can be RESTORED. Why not? -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...

Re: Steplib APF failure

2016-11-17 Thread Lizette Koehler
>From the IBM website. I used the search phrase on www.ibm.com JCL APF STEPLIB z/OS z/OS 2.2.0 z/OS MVS z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide Protecting the system Using APF to restrict access to system functions APF-authorized libraries If a JC

Re: Steplib APF failure

2016-11-17 Thread Binyamin Dissen
The rule is that all libraries in the DD statement must be APF authorized for the DD to be authorized. The authorization indication is stored in the DEB for the DD statement. The reason is to prevent spurious subsequent loads. On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:29:28 +0530 Peter wrote: :>Hi Group :> :>I ha

Re: Steplib APF failure

2016-11-17 Thread גדי בן אבי
All libraries in STEPLIB must be APF authorized in order for the whole concatenation to be APF authorized. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 1:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Su

Re: Steplib APF failure

2016-11-17 Thread Lucas Rosalen
Hello Peter, For z/OS it doesn't matter in which STEPLIB library the load module is loaded from. In other words the entire STEPLIB DD is treated as "one thing", either APF'd (in case ALL libraries are in APF list) or not (in case one or more libraries are not in APF list). The situation you have d

Steplib APF failure

2016-11-17 Thread Peter
Hi Group I have installed a product when I try to start it fails with module not being APFed. There are two datasets in STEPLIB. The Dataset1 which has the failing modules is already APFed. Still the STC fails and it was fixed once the second dataset was APFed. I am trying to understand why woul

ShopZ Goodness

2016-11-17 Thread Richards, Robert B.
MAJOR props to whomever managed to get the delivery method default to be changed to *Internet*. It has been a week or two and I still have to resist the urge to move my cursor to the drop-down box to change it! :) Many thanks! Bob

Re: LDAP on z/os

2016-11-17 Thread venkat kulkarni
We need LDAP for two user id authentication purpose. Do we have any way to implement this change On Nov 17, 2016 12:32, "Elardus Engelbrecht" wrote: > venkat kulkarni wrote: > > >Thanks for reply. We want to implement LDAP for initial login > authentication purpose. > > That is somewhat another

Re: LDAP on z/os

2016-11-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
venkat kulkarni wrote: >Thanks for reply. We want to implement LDAP for initial login authentication >purpose. That is somewhat another story. Here we use the LDAP to reset the ids after verification. Then thereafter the user logon to the application with the id. Please tell us for what applic

Re: LDAP on z/os

2016-11-17 Thread venkat kulkarni
Hello Elardus, Thanks for reply. We want to implement LDAP for initial login authentication purpose. On Nov 17, 2016 12:21, "Elardus Engelbrecht" wrote: > venkat kulkarni wrote: > > >Do we have any way to implement LDAP on z/os for authentication purpose. > > Yes there is a way to implemenet LDA

Re: LDAP on z/os

2016-11-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
venkat kulkarni wrote: >Do we have any way to implement LDAP on z/os for authentication purpose. Yes there is a way to implemenet LDAP ('IBM Tivoli Directory Server Administration') [1] Could you be kind to tell us for what purpose do you want to have LDAP for authentication? Or what are you

LDAP on z/os

2016-11-17 Thread venkat kulkarni
Hello, Do we have any way to implement LDAP on z/os for authentication purpose. Thanks for help. Regards Venkat -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the