Re: Generate a data set with record numbers?

Thanks, "REPEAT" was what I was looking for. I think the SyncSort MFX manual is in the top 2 (bottom 2?) for hardest to figure out capabilities and syntax. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Sri h Kolusu Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 5:01 PM To:

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Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:35:57 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >There's a tradeoff between providing enough detail and cluttering the output. >What I'd suggest asking for is message that tell the user all relevant >variable, have an understandable summary and show the command to use for more

Re: IBM-MAIN Posting Guidelines

Long overdue - thanks Darren. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Darren Evans-Young Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 17:48 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IBM-MAIN Posting Guidelines First, I would like to apologize to the list for not being a

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

And keep that URL valid for the life of the message. Good luck with that. On 9/18/2023 6:33 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:35:57 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: And include a URL for users of terminals that support links.

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

Do you want to put QuickRef out of business? On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:06:48 -0500 "Lionel B. Dyck" wrote: :>I submitted this IBM Idea and would appreciate your support if you’re able :>to vote: :> :>https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3827 :> :>The text is: :>

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

Sorry, I can't agree. Manuals are the lifeblood of any competent z/OS worker, no? And since they're available on-line, all I have to do is get a decent collection of them. Message manuals are among my first choice, always. Seems like I'm going against the current, here, but if they tried to

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

I'm not suggesting they would/should do it for z/OS messages but at least for all the shell commands since those using the shell commands come from an environment (windows/macos/linux/*nix) where messages and codes manuals are non-existent (for the most part as I'm sure some may have them). Bob -

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:47:54 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > >Seems like I'm going against the current, here, but if they tried to add all >the text of every message manual to every app ... nah, I can't see it. > Don't keep the texts in the apps themselves. Keep them in a KSDS. Could even be

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

>>- Not sure how this would help. Would it change the data set name generated >>by FTOPEN TEMP? And in a way that would create a different data set in a >>stacked session? Michael, If they are pre-allocated, then you would have Individual list/work datasets for each stacked session. So, it

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:51:36 -0400, Rick Troth wrote: >A confluence of several things. >First, z/VM has a facility (been there for decades) that facilitates >(sorta) what you're talking about. >MVS people, please don't shrink back. We can easily have the same >service on z/OS. > See:

Re: AI will surpass human intelligence!

On Sun, 17 Sep 2023, at 15:53, Bill Johnson wrote: > With a name like Bill Johnson, I would either be Scandinavian or black > most likely. In the UK, Bill Johnson would be a common enough name, and neither of those things would be likely. I think your "most likely" needs the additional

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Re: IBM-MAIN Posting Guidelines

Classification: Confidential Thank you, Darren -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Roberto Halais Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 5:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM-MAIN Posting Guidelines [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the

Re: AW: Generate a data set with record numbers?

On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 06:46:58 +, Beate Kawelke wrote: > >you could directly run the REXX as in-stream in the JCL: >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=routine-using-irxjcl-execute-in-stream-rexx-exec > Where I read: When the first non-blank name in the parm data passed to IRXJCL

Re: Generate a data set with record numbers?

Ah, INDEX was the parameter I needed. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bill Godfrey Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 4:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Generate a data set with record numbers? On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 20:19:32 +,

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

My guess is that even if IBM were to accept this idea and begin implementation that it would take years, perhaps decades, and that they would begin with the shell commands/tools. While I would love to see it expand to all of z/OS I wouldn't hold my breath for that to happen, or for it to happen

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

Even a commitment to do it with all new messages would be a big step forward. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Lionel B. Dyck Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 10:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Error messages (a rant and

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

The existing manuals are certainly a necessity, but they do not provide a painless lookup of reason codes. While I disagree with the details, what Lionel is requesting is reasonable. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bob Bridges Sent:

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

- I don't have authority to create or modify the login prompt (but I can change the DDs before ISPF starts) - Wouldn't fix the root cause for anyone else - Not sure how this would help. Would it change the data set name generated by FTOPEN TEMP? And in a way that would create a different data

Re: Generate a data set with record numbers?

Huh. I always thought that SYSEXEC had to be a library. I suppose a sequential SYSEXEC only works for IRXJCL, not IKJEFT01. And that if SYSEXEC is sequential, the exec shouldn't call other execs. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Beate Kawelke Sent:

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

I'm not following this. Let's say I have pre-allocated work DDs, and I start ISPF. Then I go to SuperC, request a batch compare, and that I want to edit the generated batch JCL. That's one FTOPEN TEMP. What would the data set name be? Then in that Edit session, I enter DSLIST and a pattern

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

A confluence of several things. First, z/VM has a facility (been there for decades) that facilitates (sorta) what you're talking about. MVS people, please don't shrink back. We can easily have the same service on z/OS. When I was in a previous gig, someone had used the VM message handler to

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

One of the nice things about doing documentation in DCF is that it was trivial to have identical text inserted into multiple documents. I don't suppose IBM would be willing to do everything in LaTeX. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of

Re: Generate a data set with record numbers?

+1 I have always admired the product but I have really a hard time using the manual effectively. It leaves MUCH to be desired. Peter From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Schmitt, Michael Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 10:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Generate

Re: SORT INCLUDE problem

>> Is there a way to get all the dataset profiles that have two different >> groups with the same access using SORT or ICETOOL but without using >> JOINKEYS, so that the input file would only needed to be read once, using >> SORTIN as the DDNAME? Jack, That is quite simple. There is a lot of

Re: AI will surpass human intelligence!

On Sun, 17 Sep 2023, at 16:50, Bill Johnson wrote: > Snowdon is from the old English meaning snow hill. (Snow dun) Dun ... /English/? I think not; Scots/Irish, yes, where it was a hill /fort/. Dunedin in NZ is named thus (in homage to Edinburgh) and it's a reference to the early name

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Re: System Symbolic and SET JCL

Nevermind, I answered my own question, all I had to do was pass the WASID symbol on my start command. Ms Terri E Shaffer Senior Systems Engineer, z/OS Support: ACIWorldwide - Telecommuter H(412-766-2697) C(412-519-2592) terri.shaf...@aciworldwide.com -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: SORT INCLUDE problem

Hi Kolusu I tried the JCL that you have sent. It works, as expected, but maybe I was not quite clear in my last question. Is there a way to get all the dataset profiles that have two different groups with the same access using SORT or ICETOOL but without using JOINKEYS, so that the input file

Re: IBM-MAIN Posting Guidelines

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Error messages (a rant and an idea)

I submitted this IBM Idea and would appreciate your support if you’re able to vote: https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3827 The text is: Title: All error messages for shell tools should be complete and NOT require referencing a Messages and Codes manual

Re: System Symbolic and SET JCL

EXPN? Please show the JCL expansion message. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Shaffer, Terri <017d5f778222-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 8:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: System Symbolic

AW: Generate a data set with record numbers?

Hi Michael, you could directly run the REXX as in-stream in the JCL: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=routine-using-irxjcl-execute-in-stream-rexx-exec Best regards, Beate -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Schmitt, Michael Gesendet:

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

"Be careful what you ask for - you might get it." There's a tradeoff between providing enough detail and cluttering the output. What I'd suggest asking for is message that tell the user all relevant variable, have an understandable summary and show the command to use for more details, e.g.,

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

The underlying problem is at risk anytime a user enters a command on the command line that eventually leads to another FTOPEN. This is like saying that "why are you making left turns? You can just make a bunch of right turns instead". The capability exists, it should work. When *I* create ISPF

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

>> the command line that eventually leads to another FTOPEN. This is like >> saying that "why are you making left turns? You can just make a bunch of >> right turns instead". The capability exists, it should work. Michael, In your case since you are EDITING the supec generated JCL in batch, it

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

Thanks for the mention, Binyamin and Lionel. We have spent a lot of hours studying IBM error messages and how they are issued and relate to each other. The eight digit OMVS error reason codes are my pet peeve. Some are issued by the C/C++ runtime modules, some by ZFS support, some by UNIX

Re: Bill Johnson

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Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

I and others have observed that when creating good software, error handling can be the largest part of the job. In complex environments, there are often many, many errors that *should* never appear. Bad software ignores those errors, figuring it'll show up somewhere else (as it often does, to the

Re: Bill Johnson

University of Alabama. Mostly State. Some private. Probably some research. Sports tickets revenue (basketball, footbal, etc.). On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 2:57 PM Dean Kent wrote: > > Question - since the list is run out of a University - is it publicly > funded or privately? > > On 9/18/2023

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

I have done this, too. Since I’m on vacation, I couldn’t remember all the steps to do this, so I didn’t want to mention it. Sent from my iPad > On Sep 18, 2023, at 13:22, Tom Marchant > <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > I have been unable to convince my site to

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Re: Bill Johnson

On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 22:26:59 +0300, Itschak Mugzach wrote: > >Most of us have a rule to ignore his posts. > But private rules still leave the archives cluttered. >The list is too valuable to shut down. > Yes. >On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 10:24 PM Darren Evans-Young wrote: >> >> ... discrimination

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

While I agree that it would be nice if the messages were complete, I'm not sure I can see a business case for IBM to implement that. It would cost a lot, consume the last two or three remaining docs folks well past their retirement age, and.for what? Will it increase z/OS uptake? I doubt it.

Re: Bill Johnson

Question - since the list is run out of a University - is it publicly funded or privately? On 9/18/2023 12:24 PM, Darren Evans-Young wrote: I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why. He has now officially lodged a complaint against me accusing me of

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

Steve Beaver wrote: >I can remember when IDC3009I was just maybe half a page max. >Now you look at IDC3009I and it pages upon pages of diagnostic codes >and what they mean I've decided this is supporting my thesis-can't quite tell? Or are you saying this is one of those cases where breaking it

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:05:18 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: > >I've decided this is supporting my thesis-can't quite tell? Or are you saying >this is one of those cases where breaking it out into several messages would >have made sense? > One of my pet peeves is disjunctive explanations:

Re: Bill Johnson

Oh, that's easy. Just compile a list of Bill Johnson's last 20 posts, and get members' attestation that they're typical of what he's posted for the past ten years. (Or less than ten years, if you're afeared of getting the admin in trouble for waiting so long.) Bill does contribute one or two

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:18:23 +, Farley, Peter wrote: >Isn’t that pretty much what BPXMTEXT does? Is it VM/CMS that allows you to >enter a “command” of just a question mark “?” after an error condition to get >a more complete explanation of an error? Could the shell program support such

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

Same problem occurs with any other application that doesn't use the same RFIND as ISPF. DSLIST entered from that command can lead to errors. I just used SDSF because it is an example of an IBM application, so they can't blame it on some other company. The root cause here is that ANY command

Re: Bill Johnson

OK.   Just thinking that if the listserv is not funded publicly, there should be no 1st Amendment issue... On 9/18/2023 1:01 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: University of Alabama. Mostly State. Some private. Probably some research. Sports tickets revenue (basketball, footbal, etc.). On Mon, Sep

Re: Bill Johnson

Thank you Darren. Bill was primarily disruptive and contributed very little to the list. It would be a shame if his disruptive tactics resulted in the list being shut down. -- Tom Marchant On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 19:24:23 +, Darren Evans-Young wrote: >I have removed Bill Johnson from the

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

>> Then in that Edit session, I enter DSLIST and a pattern that leads to a >> library. From the DSLIST, I browse the library, and enter SRCHFOR something. >> That creates a second FTOPEN TEMP to build the input to the search, on top >> of the previous one, all within the same ISPF session. What

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

>> For example, go to SDSF, then do DSLIST, then browse a data set from the >> list, then find something, then PF5 (RFIND). It won't work, because SDSF's >> PF5 is not RFIND; it is IFIND and there's no RFIND defined in ISFCMDS. I reported this to IBM YEARS ago but they haven't fixed it.

Bill Johnson

I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why. He has now officially lodged a complaint against me accusing me of discrimination and violating his 1st Amendment rights. This complaint was sent to the President and the Chief Administrative Officer at The University of

Re: Bill Johnson

Darren, Most of us have a rule to ignore his posts. The list is too valuable to shut down. ITschak *| **Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software **|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for Z/OS, zLinux and IBM I **| * *|* *Email**:

Re: Bill Johnson

Well done. I support your decidion. On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 3:35 PM John Abell < john.ab...@intnlsoftwareproducts.com> wrote: > Mon Dieu as we would say in my country's other official language. > > John T. Abell > Tel:800-295-7608Option 4 > President > International:

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

The university of Alabama is a public university and receives both state & federal funding. Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 3:19 PM, Phil Smith III <[li...@akphs.com](mailto:On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 3:19 PM, Phil Smith III < wrote: > While I

Re: Bill Johnson

Good. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Darren Evans-Young Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 15:24 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Bill Johnson I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why. He has now officially lodged a

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

DSN=hlq.MESSAGE.Epfxlng. (message prefix, language code). IDCAMS Repro On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 10:32 AM Paul Gilmartin <042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:47:54 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > > > >Seems like I'm going against the current, here, but if

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

Isn’t that pretty much what BPXMTEXT does? Is it VM/CMS that allows you to enter a “command” of just a question mark “?” after an error condition to get a more complete explanation of an error? Could the shell program support such a “command” to automatically invoke BPXMTEXT for the most

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

I know there's a conflict. That's the issue: FTOPEN TEMP is reusing the same data set name in the same ISPF session. This conflict doesn't occur if the application generates its own data set name for file tailoring. Yes, it is a personal preference. When I need more than 2 simultaneous then I

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

Just a correction: the default number of screens in ISPF is 8, but you can configure up to 32. My site uses 16. Sent from my iPad > On Sep 18, 2023, at 12:06, Schmitt, Michael wrote: > > Same problem occurs with any other application that doesn't use the same > RFIND as ISPF. DSLIST

Re: Bill Johnson

OMG Darren! What can we do to support you (and the list)? Charles On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 19:24:23 +, Darren Evans-Young wrote: >I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why. > >He has now officially lodged a complaint against me accusing me of >discrimination >and

Re: Bill Johnson

FWIW, discussions of Bill and thanking Darren are technically not about IBM Mainframes > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 1:08 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Bill Johnson > >

Re: Bill Johnson

Public Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, September 18, 2023, 3:57 PM, Dean Kent wrote: Question - since the list is run out of a University - is it publicly funded or privately? On 9/18/2023 12:24 PM, Darren Evans-Young wrote: > I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list

Re: Bill Johnson

Should it come to that - two potential options for hosting the mailing list, if not a private university, would be IBM (though it likely wants to remain at arm's length) and SHARE.    There is the discord chat, which a lot of regulars here seem to be on.    Or a small non-profit that would beg

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

I have been unable to convince my site to increase the maximum number of split screens, so I created my own ISPCFIGU that allows 32 and placed it in ISPLLIB. I've shown a few other people how to do it. I often use more than 8, and sometimes more than 16. -- Tom Marchant On Mon, 18 Sep 2023

Re: Bill Johnson

thank you Darren, I rely on the technical help from this list not for arguments! Bill On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 19:24:23 +, Darren Evans-Young wrote: >I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why. > >He has now officially lodged a complaint against me accusing me of

Re: Bill Johnson

Thanks for the removal. Sorry if it causes trouble. A normal person would just go make a new email id, but not Bill. His whole purpose here was to disrupt. On 9/18/2023 12:24 PM, Darren Evans-Young wrote: I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why. He has now

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Re: Bill Johnson

Darren, Anything you need in support sent to the university I would be happy to provide. Bill made this forum almost non-functional with the recent posts, and directed it far off the intended use. My guess is I would not be the only one willing to go on record in support of your decision.

Re: Bill Johnson

Actually it can construed as such. We are advocating a return to it's use as a technical forum, which I would welcome. Doug Fuerst Principal Consultant BK Associates 718.921.2620 (O) 917.572.7364 (C) d...@bkassociates.net -- Original Message -- From "Gibney, Dave"

Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: IBM-MAIN Posting Guidelines

Thank you Jerry Whitteridge Sr Manager Managed Services jerry.whitteri...@albertsons.com 480 578 7889 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Darren Evans-Young Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 2:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: EXTERNAL EMAIL:

Re: Bill Johnson

Hopefully the list being shutdown is a worst case scenario I was under the impression that when joining you agree to it’s terms and conditions Augie Get Outlook for iOS From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Tomasz Rola Sent:

Re: Bill Johnson

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Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

It is done with the TSO ISPCCONF command from within ISPF. Option 7 will convert the configuration table that is currently loaded to source that you can edit. After making your changes, option 4 will build the table load module. The table load module is placed in a data set in your ISPLLIB

Re: Bill Johnson

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 07:24:23PM +, Darren Evans-Young wrote: > I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why. > > He has now officially lodged a complaint against me accusing me of > discrimination and violating his 1st Amendment rights. This > complaint was sent

Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

Huh. I remember the default limit of eight, but don't think about it much; I think my usual max is four or five. At three or four I start using SCRNAME and closing down unused screens. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* How much better for us if all humans died in

Re: Bill Johnson

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 07:24:23PM +, Darren Evans-Young wrote: > Worst case, I'll have to dissolve IBM-MAIN. If you are at a university > that hosts > listserv lists, and would be able to host IBM-MAIN in the event I'm told to > take > the list down, please contact me off-list >

Re: Error messages (a rant and an idea)

TSO also supports second level messages that are written if the user enters a question mark. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Farley, Peter <031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 1:18 PM To:

Re: Bill Johnson

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Re: Switching between SMT-1 and SMT-2

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