Re: Crazy concatenation mystery

2019-05-01 Thread Arthur
On 1 May 2019 16:51:49 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) wrote: So this is all absolutely true. The module *is* 32760 while the PDS *is* 19069-the ancient 3350 track size that was fairly standard for load libraries in the Dark Ages. So

Re: Crazy concatenation mystery

2019-05-01 Thread Edward Finnell
Yeah, the question is WHAT Changed? APF, LLA, LPALIST LINKLST, CSV, Extents, Exits In a message dated 5/1/2019 8:27:50 PM Central Standard Time, 0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu writes: Hm. Maybe someone APFed that library and fetch is now able to load the module from there,

Re: Library Server Being Replaced Clarification

2019-05-01 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
Hi! Thank you for that clarification. Just to be 100% clear, that does mean that the Library Server site, https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/support/libraryserver/library, will indeed be shut off after the June 1 date, correct, or will it continue to be online, but just not maintained?

Re: Query for article on testing mainframe systems, applications, networks [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2019-05-01 Thread Jones, Phil
Hi Gabe; I have a few quick comments: 1. 'We' are very dependent on IVPs provided by the suppliers when we first install or upgrade system software products into a sandpit LPAR. 'We' also have a certain level of locally-developed integration testing processes to follow, still

Re: Peter Frampton and IBM

2019-05-01 Thread Tom Brennan
I remember him! He made guitars talk. Ouch... I checked https://www.acronymfinder.com/IBM.html and it has at least one other body issue that could be considered worse. On 5/1/2019 6:22 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: Those of you who were conscious should know who Peter Frampton is (if you were

Re: Crazy concatenation mystery

2019-05-01 Thread Mark Jacobs
Hm. Maybe someone APFed that library and fetch is now able to load the module from there, vs finding a copy in the linklist/lpa. A true WAG. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On May 1, 2019, 7:51 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > This is almost nutty

Peter Frampton and IBM

2019-05-01 Thread Phil Smith III
Those of you who were conscious should know who Peter Frampton is (if you were and you don't, report to room 100 immediately for remedial instruction). TIL that he's suffering from IBM: inclusion body myositis, a degenerative disease that causes muscles to weaken over time but generally

Crazy concatenation mystery

2019-05-01 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
This is almost nutty enough to be a weekend post, but it's a live production environment, so here goes. We have a prod job (batch Db2) that has run daily for years. Suddenly on 14 April it started abending with this message from Fault Analyzer: IEW2541S 471A MEMBER CUA625 IDENTIFIED BY DDNAME

Re: Processing Partition organization type record

2019-05-01 Thread Steve Smith
If, as I gather, this is highly integrated into PL/I FILE access, it's very cool, but likely not reasonably convertible to modern PL/I. None of the PLI* or IBMB* macros appear to be extant. I'd think that a more generic version that provided GET/PUT routines would be feasible. And with the

Re: Bigotry against mixed case was Re: Upper case for ISPF and SDSF

2019-05-01 Thread Don Poitras
ICU covers collation and lots more. Open source. http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation In article you wrote: > The collating sequence for a code page is neither right nor wrong, it just > is. The appropriate way to sort is to take locale into account. That implies > that two sorts of

Fwd: Query for article on testing mainframe systems, applications, networks

2019-05-01 Thread Gabe Goldberg
I've had a small number of great responses to this but nothing like the number I usually get to queries. Surprising, I thought this would be an interesting topic with many people commenting... Testing -- what's that? How do you test/validate z/OS systems/applications/networks?

Re: Upper case for ISPF and SDSF

2019-05-01 Thread Seymour J Metz
> No professional keypunch operator ever entered lower case letters. Even if that was what the customer requested? > It would have required remembering the multi-punch combination for all the > letters >and would have destroyed their "cards per hour" rating, on which their jobs >frequently

Re: Bigotry against mixed case was Re: Upper case for ISPF and SDSF

2019-05-01 Thread Seymour J Metz
The collating sequence for a code page is neither right nor wrong, it just is. The appropriate way to sort is to take locale into account. That implies that two sorts of the same data in the same code page on the same machine may be different. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz

Re: Upper case for ISPF and SDSF

2019-05-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 1 May 2019 18:06:32 +, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >My first tube in 1978 at TRW (ancestor of Experian) was a Raytheon wannabe. >Don’t remember the model number, but it may have been a takeoff of '3270'. > I remember something like that. All the logic was in a control box, connected to

Re: REXX 'where did I come from' function?

2019-05-01 Thread Seymour J Metz
That depends on the environment. For TSO. Page 59 of https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3sa320972/$file/ikja300_v2r3.pdf -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on

Re: Processing Partition organization type record

2019-05-01 Thread Seymour J Metz
Is there anyone willing to bring http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3/source/STOWBLDL.ASM up to date? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 10:35 AM

Re: Upper case for ISPF and SDSF

2019-05-01 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
My first tube in 1978 at TRW (ancestor of Experian) was a Raytheon wannabe. Don’t remember the model number, but it may have been a takeoff of '3270'. There was an up-down case switch, but it may have changed the display only--a real horse's ass. I haven't noticed a mention in this thread, but

Re: Bigotry against mixed case was Re: Upper case for ISPF and SDSF

2019-05-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 1 May 2019 04:47:02 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > ... >Another sequence (collation) problem which is also sometimes overlooked: one >example - 'North' certainly comes before 'Northern'. This can be resolved by >giving a space higher priority for this case. > This is sometimes

Re: Processing Partition organization type record

2019-05-01 Thread John McKown
This makes me wonder if there is a "need" for a QPAM-like package to be written for the CBT. On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 9:26 AM Joseph Reichman wrote: > Steve > > Maybe you are right ? > > > > Joe Reichman > 170-10 73 rd ave > Fresh meadows NY 11366 > > > On May 1, 2019, at 10:11 AM, Steve Smith

Re: Processing Partition organization type record

2019-05-01 Thread Joseph Reichman
Steve Maybe you are right ? Joe Reichman 170-10 73 rd ave Fresh meadows NY 11366 > On May 1, 2019, at 10:11 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > > It sure seems like QPAM would have been an obvious void that IBM could have > filled many decades ago -- but I for one would rather write a de-blocking >

Re: Processing Partition organization type record

2019-05-01 Thread Steve Smith
It sure seems like QPAM would have been an obvious void that IBM could have filled many decades ago -- but I for one would rather write a de-blocking routine than an RFE. sas On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:15 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > You can't do a GET after a FIND because GET is a QSAM macro

MVS Job Position

2019-05-01 Thread Dazzo, Matt
There is a Sr mainframe system programmer position open in Long Island NY. This position is a full time position and requires being onsite at the company's headquarters. The platform consists of IBM mainframe, z/OS 2.2, DB2, CICS, RACF along with numerous vendor products to support. Salary is

Re: Bigotry against mixed case was Re: Upper case for ISPF and SDSF

2019-05-01 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Paul Gilmartin wrote: >IBM 7030 did something like the latter, but neither is right; it's worse. >... Note that "CAMEL" comes after "Camel" but before "canary". So you can't >simply say either that Aa. Clark Morris wrote: >A more important reason was that addition of mixed case in either

Re: REXX 'where did I come from' function?

2019-05-01 Thread Sean Gleann
Solved! Thank you very much Tony and Binyamin PARSE SOURCE cracked the problem nicely Sean On Wed, 1 May 2019 at 10:15, Binyamin Dissen wrote: > Lookup PARSE SOURCE > > > > On Wed, 1 May 2019 09:38:05 +0100 Sean Gleann > wrote: > > :>Hello all > :>I am developing a REXX that, for a number of

Re: REXX 'where did I come from' function?

2019-05-01 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Lookup PARSE SOURCE On Wed, 1 May 2019 09:38:05 +0100 Sean Gleann wrote: :>Hello all :>I am developing a REXX that, for a number of reasons, needs to know the :>name of the PDS that it is stored in. :>The intention is that the REXX will be invoked from ISPF option 6, so :>typing something

Re: REXX 'where did I come from' function?

2019-05-01 Thread Tony Thigpen
What does "PARSE SOURCE" return? Tony Thigpen Sean Gleann wrote on 5/1/19 4:38 AM: Hello all I am developing a REXX that, for a number of reasons, needs to know the name of the PDS that it is stored in. The intention is that the REXX will be invoked from ISPF option 6, so typing something

REXX 'where did I come from' function?

2019-05-01 Thread Sean Gleann
Hello all I am developing a REXX that, for a number of reasons, needs to know the name of the PDS that it is stored in. The intention is that the REXX will be invoked from ISPF option 6, so typing something like: exec 'MY.REXX.LIB(TESTREXX)' 'MY.REXX.LIB' *is* an option, but one that is prone to

Re: Validate SAN switch

2019-05-01 Thread Peter
'On your z/OS you might also have the latest command additions to display stuff like the SFPs and light intensity on fibres which you might find useful' Interesting any idea from zOS level I can use the commands on zOS ? On Wed, 1 May, 2019, 9:34 AM Alan(GMAIL)Watthey, wrote: > Peter, > >