Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Hi,

Enterprise Cobol support dynamic allocation for files by using of an environment variable named with DDname and parameters for dataset for allocation. But if we try to allocate a SYSOUT, this raise an error IGZ0251W at run time. We can use BPXWDYN but can there be full COBOL approach for it?

Hi,

What is Conversational Remote Job Entry in mainframes? On wiki, it is described as "it is a component of OS/360 and OS/VS1 that provides job submission, job retrieval and editing for a user at an interactive terminal." But if it is so then why don't we see it's use ?

Thank you so much for the answers. If possible, could you please help me with question 4 as well:

4.
Interviewer: How will you pass parameters from JCL to a cobol program other than parm statement & sysin dd*?
Me: I did not know the answer.

So far it looks good. But what Quiz Satatics say: http://www.zmainframes.com/quiz.php?mode=statistics&q=1

Thanks Alissa and guys. And yes, curiosity kills.

Thanks Robert, Anuj.

Thanks nicc. I've tried to follow up instructions provided by Anuj at this Forum http://zmainframes.com/viewforum.php?f=45 but I find it tough to follow. I got the hercules installed but to get the working OS under it...is nightmare.

I findit tough to follow the instructions for Hercules. I'm not sure if I'll be ablr to make it work. Will try z390.

Thanks Robert and William. I'll try this as soon as I get a mainframe access.

Wish I could simulate a mainframe environment on my PC.

Hi, I've listed below some of the questions I was asked in a recent interview and I was not sure if I got the answer correctly. At times, I just did not know the answer. Can you please have a look and advise on the answers: 1. Interviewer: How will you split one Input file into two output files? Me:...

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I'm new to COBOL and have not got the access to system yet. Though I got to know that in COBOL program name is not mandatory, if so then what is the default program name when we don't assign it?

So all the features in DfSort are available with SyncSort too?

Thanks m4mainframe and Anuj.

I want to copy first five then leave ten records and copy next five records from an input to output. Can this be done using SyncSort?

Hello,

What is ROW LOCK & TABLE LOCK and how to implement them? Or if you can direct me, how can I perform ROW Lock and table Lock in DB2?

Hi,

Can someone please tell me what is sync sort ? Why and How do we use it?