Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

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Input file has billions of records that need to be processed. We want to load all the input file records in Cobol table. How this can be achieved when Cobol table has a limit?

Hello all, can someone help me to resolve a query. I got a dataset, and i wanna replace the 1st column Value from X to Y. For ex. Current Value in dataset is X9010 Output i need is Y9010 How can I do this using the JCL sort statement pls. I think Overlay can be used but am not getting how to use ove...

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Other question I have is, in situation like this when we issue TSO HOMETEST to find the IP address of mainframe, will that be fine to say that IP from HOMETEST is the IP which is sending data/file to destination IP?

I just tried the command and I think it should be the IP of the mainframe.

Hi, How do you deal with a bully colleague in office? I have this colleague of mine, same experience as mine but now he is gone to onsite. Since the time it has happened he will behave as if he is my manager. For example, there is production-support, where in a Director has sent an email to everyone...

Hi, A COBOL program has a file in which for two fields I want to increase the size of them. One is of length 5 and needs to change to 10 while other is of length 9 and should be of 11 now. With length 5 is NUM to CHAR, second is NUM to NUM. Can I just do it COBOL program itself than using JCL with s...

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Thanks Robert and Dick.

I've used the binary mode while using IND$FILE and issued RECIEVE and it works the way I needed it.

Thanks Anuj and Robert.

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As the subject line says - how do I download and use a file from CBT tape? I downloaded an ".XMI" file. However when I upload it to the mainframe the data is not aligned properly. How should I do it all crrectly?

THIS IS AN INTERVIEW QUESTION ASKED SOMETIME BACK. What is the difference between section and paragraph. How do you recognize the begining of the section. how do you know, that the procedure ended. Later, I understand that combination of paragraph is section but did not get the answer for other two ...