Re: Regular Expressions in ISREDIT z/OS 2.01
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:07:53 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
wrote:
>In <2502068772076383.wa.rashapoogmail@listserv.ua.edu>, on
>02/24/2015
> at 03:32 PM, Govind Chettiar said:
>
>>On zOS if I try
>>f r'([0-9]{4})(\w+)'
>
>A while back I looked at the new ISPF documentation and and EDIT is
>missing much of what I have come to rely on in Perl.
>
>>I looked online for how to search on words (which is what \w does)
>
>No.
>
>>f r'[:alpha:]'
>
>If it doesn't even support /d and /w, why would you expect it to
>support fancy character classes?
>
>Is there an open requirement to support full regex capability?
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I don't know about open requirements. All I was trying to do was replicate
what I can do in SublimeText.
Anyway, I do have RDz and the Cobol editor supplied with that provides full
support (tho the JCL and other editors don't).
It does seem irksome that a feature would be provided in a half-baked fashion
especially when it has taken so long to become available.
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Re: Regular Expressions in ISREDIT z/OS 2.01
On Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:20:21 -0600, Jon Butler wrote:
>I can use regular expressions, but the "generic" attributes such as \d for any
>digit do not appear to work in ISPF. If I use FIND r'\([0-9]\)' I can find
>the string "(9)", but if I use FIND r'\(\d\)' I can not.
>
>For me FIND r'd' and FIND r'\d' both find the letter "d", not a digit. Any
>thoughts?
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I'm running into the same kind of issue when trying to search on a string like
this
1234abcd
On my PC Editor I can use
([0-9]{4})(\w+)
On zOS if I try
f r'([0-9]{4})(\w+)'
I get
No CHARS '([0-9]{4})(\w+)' found
I looked online for how to search on words (which is what \w does) with Posix
and it didn't look like there was an option. But I tried some of the other
Posix specific searches like
f r'[:alpha:]' and it didn't behave like a search for any alphabetic character,
rather it found matches for A and L and P and so on in my file. So not sure if
ISPF Regex is POSIX ERE.
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Jobs at a given time
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Re: COBOL Programmers In Demand?
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:37:01 -0500, Aled Hughes wrote: >According to the UK's Daily Mail, COBOL programmers are commanding 'big money' >especially some of the retired ones. I suspect some of the so-called salaries >are contractor rated. £50,000 (about US $76K) works out at less than £200 a >day. The actual going rate seems to be about £400 a day absolute maximum, but >this is about what was being offered over 20 years back. As usual, I suspect that the article has been written by a person who cannot even spell 'mainframe'. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-2863570/Out-retirement-experts-programming-1950s.html According to the TIOBE report on the popularity of programming languages COBOL has moved up from 26 to 13th place in the last year, almost a 1% increase in popularity. Popularity is measured in terms of internet searches, not necessarily reflective of an increased demand, but I still find it intriguing. http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Accessing VSAM Data from non-zOS platform
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 10:39:03 -0400, Bill Ashton wrote: >If you need near-time or real-time access to the data, I would recommend >you look at CA Technologies product called VSAM Transparency for >Datacom/DB. Having used this for a lot of years, it was great. The >20-second description is that it allows your application programs to >continue accessing the database as if it was VSAM, but you also get the >benefit of a full-blown database file (concurrent online and batch updates, >SQL access, access through a server, etc.). It is really pretty great to >use, fairly easy to implement (I believe - I didn't do it), but it is not >free. We used it for quite a while and converted a couple vendor >applications using VSAM to the database, and the vendor code had no >problems. The only real changes were to JCL and to the FCT in CICS. > >Billy > Billy, We're not a Datacom shop and I'm not sure if this is a product that enables access to the VSAM datasets from a Linux platform either. Based on what you have said it looks like this is meant for applications that are on zOS? In fact the datasheet at this link http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/datacom_ideal/infodocs/vseesa_dbtransoptvsam21.asp says operating platform is VSE. Thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Accessing VSAM Data from non-zOS platform
Since I'm having some difficulty with the quote option, copy-pasting this content " We are currently using JRIO (last supported release will be JAVA7). The replacement is the JZOS Toolkit (under application development at this time). The application connects to a JAVA applet on the mainframe. The data is a VSAM file on z/OS. Both products are no fee licenses available from IBM. HTH, " Alan- but sounds like JRIO/JZOS run on zOS? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Accessing VSAM Data from non-zOS platform
On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 18:42:47 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >How will you be using the data? LUW, Oracle, other? >Do you use NFS or other accesses? > >You can offload the VSAM with REPRO but then the receiving system would need >to be able to read the data. > >If you could explain the process you will be using the VSAM data in, it will >help. > >Also, what version of z/OS will it be accessed from? > >Lizette > > > Sorry, should have made myself much clearer. It's KSDS datasets. There will be applications running in the zOS (2.1) region that will continue to "maintain" this VSAM data (insert/update/del) thru batch and CICS. Copying and FTPing are somewhat impractical as a result since the java app has to have real time access to it. The java app will be using an Oracle DB. Thanks! > >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Govind Chettiar >> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 6:40 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Accessing VSAM Data from non-zOS platform >> >> Hello, >> Would like some insight from people who have tried it on how to get to VSAM >> data >> on zOS from non zOS platforms. I didn't search this forum since I wasn't >> sure what >> strings to use but a quick google search shows a bunch of products like >> Rocket, >> Attunity, DataDirect, Neon and so on. >> >> Any personal experience with these (or other) products would be very useful. >> >> (The "non ZOS platform under consideration is a Linux/Unix server running >> Java >> apps) >> >> Thanks >> > >-- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Accessing VSAM Data from non-zOS platform
Hello, Would like some insight from people who have tried it on how to get to VSAM data on zOS from non zOS platforms. I didn't search this forum since I wasn't sure what strings to use but a quick google search shows a bunch of products like Rocket, Attunity, DataDirect, Neon and so on. Any personal experience with these (or other) products would be very useful. (The "non ZOS platform under consideration is a Linux/Unix server running Java apps) Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sorry state of IT education?
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:45:44 +, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: >> I imagine this is the norm for today because a well-educated, intelligent, >> worker costs a lot more than a pre-programmed drone. >> As a result, the industry is now flooded with hundreds of thousands of IT >> professionals fully capable of performing procedures they've been taught, >> but incapable of thinking through a problem. > >I personally take offense to the "drone" bashing. Because I'm a "drone" now, >apparently. > >All of these comments seem to be from the perspective of higher ups and folks >who've had - years-of experience on the mainframe. It simply isn't fair to >expect the same depth of knowledge from a (relatively) newcomer. Without a >doubt, the technology that is mainframe, is massive. It's not sane to expect >some 100,000 manuals get cooked right into an IT professional, when most of >the folks on this (& elsewhere) list have acquired the knowledge over years of >beating on their craft. > >You ought to consider the conditions under which we're working/learning. When >a service provider takes up your IT infrastructure service support, there's a >reason that it's achievable at just x% of what it cost earlier. No points for >figuring out where that money is cut out from. > When a service provide takes up the IT Infrastructure service at the expense of the people who were already working there and who do have years experience because the bean counters only see the $$s they save, then a certain amount of resentment is to be expected. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Enterprise COBOL v5.1 and RDz v9.x
> [...] > When an upgrade to zOS 2.1 is performed is one automatically at Cobol 5.1 as > well? >Well, IT DEPENDS. >AFAIK you cannot order downlevel COBOL. So, when you order z/OS 2.1 now >and you also order COBOL - you will get 5.1 version. >In general you can order only current versions of the products and >system. Current at the time of order. >Note, there is limited time window of "version coexistence" - time when >you can order two versions of the software. >Note GA (premiere) date of z/OS and COBOL need not to be synchronized. >So, when did you make the order? We already are at 4.2 and it looks like we will continue to be after the OS upgrade. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Enterprise COBOL v5.1 and RDz v9.x
On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:24:05 +, Chase, John wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I learned via PMR that Rational Developer for System z ("RDz") v9.x ("latest &
>greatest") does not "officially" support Enterprise COBOL v5.1. The
>workaround suggested by RDz Support was to specify COBOL v4.2 and
>XMLPARSE(XMLSS) in the RDz wizard, because COBOL v5.1 does not support
>XMLPARSE(COMPAT). We did that, and the resulting program source generated by
>RDz compiled "clean" with COBOL v5.1, but ABENDs when invoked in CICS. The
>same source compiled with the COBOL v4.2 compiler runs fine in CICS.
>
>At the suggestion of the IBMer handling the RDz PMR I've opened a Request for
>Enhancement (RFE) on Developerworks. You may view the RFE at:
>
>http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=50856
>
>An "IBM ID" is required to view it, and to vote on it. If you have access to
>IBMLink, you have an "IBM ID".
>
>Please consider voting in favor of this RFE.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-jc-
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When an upgrade to zOS 2.1 is performed is one automatically at Cobol 5.1 as
well?
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Re: 3270 Emulators and consoles
On Tue, 1 Apr 2014 07:40:37 -0500, Govind Chettiar wrote: >On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:51:47 +, MARTIN, MIKE >wrote: > >>All, >> >>We have a z114 and are upgrading to Windows 7. Is anyone using a 3270 >>emulator other than PCOMM for their OSA-ICC console functions. >> >>Mike Martin >> >Reflection/Attachmate > >-- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN There was a feature in Rumba that I can't seem to find in Reflection. It would copy the whole screen to clipboard, page down, append to clipboard, keep doing it till the end of the dataset member or sysout or whatever. You had to specify a string that would be on the last page and also the coordinates on each screen within which you wanted to copy. Scarce a week passes w/o my wishing Reflection had the same feature. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: 3270 Emulators and consoles
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:51:47 +, MARTIN, MIKE wrote: >All, > >We have a z114 and are upgrading to Windows 7. Is anyone using a 3270 >emulator other than PCOMM for their OSA-ICC console functions. > >Mike Martin > Reflection/Attachmate -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Doug Nadel's ISPFHTML - retired
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:25:35 -0400, Richards, Robert B. wrote: >Hank, > >Thanks for the heads up about Doug. I still use his tools "on a daily basis". >Tools such as ISRFIND, ISRDDN, and TASID to name a few. > >Thank you, Doug, for your contribution to ISPF's usefulness and my >productivity! > >Bob > Same here. I have had an F key mapped to VCURSOR for many years now, absolutely invaluable. Plus have appreciated his responses to my various posts on ISPF, REXX etc. Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: multiple TSO Sessions (try this)
Sorry...When I click the reply icon all I see is a blank window. Some listservs have a reply with quote option which I don't see here and I assumed that the prior messages are appended to my post. I didn't explicitly delete or eviscerate anything... Anyway I was responding to Ted MacNeil's statement- I consider myself a typical application developer. I don't believe that the "typical" user needs multiple userids to do their job. - -teD Govind, It would be helpful to know what "somewhat blanket statement" you are disagreeing with. For a thread like this one, to which many people have made motley contributions, some [but not too much] context is necessary. Trimming is good; evisceration is bad. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA On 1/31/14, Govind Chettiar wrote: > I would respectfully disagree with this somewhat blanket statement. Many is > the time I'd have liked my ISPF Editor session in one window and the > compiler output in another so I can fix the syntax errors etc easily w/o > having to F2 back and forth all the time. This is just one example. > Especially now that I have 2 20" monitors side by side. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: multiple TSO Sessions (try this)
I would respectfully disagree with this somewhat blanket statement. Many is the time I'd have liked my ISPF Editor session in one window and the compiler output in another so I can fix the syntax errors etc easily w/o having to F2 back and forth all the time. This is just one example. Especially now that I have 2 20" monitors side by side. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: multiple TSO Sessions
Great reply, thanks for clarifying all that. At my place we don't have sysplex, but I'll check with contractor whether they had multiple LPARS and a SYSPLEX in his last workplace. I did start reading Mark's $SNGLTSO document but was lost very quickly! Regards -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: multiple TSO Sessions
Not ashamed to acknowledge my ignorance here but I'm not fully able to follow discussions of "separate images" or "shared environments". If this chap says he had up to 4 TSO sessions, but was working on the same datasets and so on, would they have been different LPARs. Aren't two LPARs like two machines, really? Like we have a Test LPAR and a Prod LPAR. Thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
multiple TSO Sessions
A contractor who joined our team said that in his previous place of employment he could have multiple TSO sessions each of which used the same userid and password, so he used to have multiple instances of his TN3270 emulator running and a different TSO session in each. I am curious to know how this is possible...can anyone explain? My b/g is Cobol application development, so not versed with VTAM etc, so bear with me! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Scary Sysprogs
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Re: RDW with FTP
Thanks for confirming, Massimo. We are providing data to a vendor of a big data product who requested that we use these options for the FTP so wanted to be sure I was doing it right. Regards -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
RDW with FTP
Hi, I'd appreciate any information on the usage of RDW option when ftp'ing a file from the host (MVS) to a workstation. Per the manual this is the definition RDW Specifies that Variable Record Descriptors (RDW) are treated as if they were part of the record and not discarded during ftp transmission of VB or VBS data sets in other than block mode. RDW information is stored in a binary halfword. Transfer files in binary to avoid translation problems that can occur if you transfer this binary field in EBCDIC or ASCII. I was told that this can be used to ftp files that have occurs depending on in the record layout. But I am not able to comprehend how exactly I should use it- For example I am "GET"ting a VB file from the mainframe. Would I do something like this? c:\>ftp ftp>open myhost enter credentials ftp>QUITE SITE RDW ftp>bin ftp>get 'userid.variable.blocked.dataset' pcfile.txt Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Calling Cobol subroutine from EasyTrieve
Hi all, I am calling a Cobol subroutine from an Easytrieve program. Is there a known limit to the amount of data that can be exchanged in this scenario? I'm running into two limitations We wrote test programs to test easytrieve calling a sub program with a linkage section of 44,000 bytes. The sub program just moves working storage initialized to all X’s to the linkage section. The sub program runs fine when called by a COBOL program but will ABEND when called by easytrieve. When we lower the size of the linkage section in the sub program to 34,000 bytes, it will run from easytrieve but it gives an abend IEA705I ERROR DURING FREEMAIN SYS CODE = 878-18 when I try to display the data. Thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: The amazing disappearing mainframe.
Not really one of the greatest rivalries anymore...With the diminishing interest in Test cricket and the surfeit of ODIs and, worse, T20s, I think Test cricket might be going the way of the IBM Mainframe. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
