Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

I did and installed it too. But as I am new to this and we have a Forum here, I ask to avoid newbie errors.

Anuj Dhawan wrote: Well, as the saying goes - most of the beautiful things in life are free but last I heard certificate were not called beautiful!

ha ha ..anyways thanks for the details.

Excellent information this is, never knew about this.

The whole premise is rubbish. There is one "problematic" situation: a KSDS that is opened for input. If that KSDS has never contained data since it was DEFINEd, then you will get a file-status of 35 on the OPEN INPUT, and only OPEN INPUT, in COBOL. Now, if someone can explain the use of o...

If you are talking about certificates in SAS/Base and SAS/Advance I think there is no free official certification from SAS. They also don't provide any full free course. As Robert has said that's a paid thing, why should it come free? If your aim is to get an official certificate, the only way I ca...

I have never noticed the Bee symbol on IBM site. This is first time I read that Bee was a part of the symbol!

Hello Tanu and welcome to the Forums, As they say in Bengali - Āpani kēmana āchēna! :) It's nice to know that you want to learn more in this field. Actually, the very thought to have a will-to-learn is the first step to learn anything; if you have that half the battle is already won. Said that, the...

So every program written in any language for mainframe, tries to read a newly created VSAM, it will have problems?

Robert Sample wrote:SAS makes some pretty good money from certification, so I doubt you'll find many free ones out there.

Perhaps that is the reason I could not find a free certificate. Thanks for your reply.

Hi,

I saw the thread for SAS cert, Information on SAS certificates required.

I also looked at the link in the post from enrico-sorichetti but I could not find an information on free SAS certification. If some one can help me to locate a free SAS certification it'll be very helpful.

Hi,

Whenever we allocate a VSAM dataset using IDCAMS it is told to initialize the file before we can use it in a COBOL program. Why it is so, could anybody tell why this is required?

And if it is required why IDCAMS itself can not do this?

That's a long experience. A good feeling to know that we have such experienced people on this board.

Hi,

I am from India but was at onsite in Norway.

Hi,

I work in COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM and some more technologies. Most of the time I see people working in these technologies. How can we learn other technologies in mainframes? What is best way to learn something new in this field?

Hi,

I found your site on Google, while searching for ISPF and Fiel-Aid.