Re: How to insert records using EXECIO

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/16/2008 at 09:11 PM, Scott Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >--- Gil...here u go That code does not insert records, it appends them. Nobody claimed that you couldn't append. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: How to insert records using EXECIO

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/16/2008 at 02:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >I wonder - Why is it not possible to add records to the beginning of a >data set? Wouldn't it be possible for a sufficiently clever program to >place the inserted records into a newly allocated area on disk, and then

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Re: How to insert records using EXECIO

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/16/2008 at 06:22 AM, "P.Sabarish Kannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I have a requirement to insert some records in the beginning of a file >where already some lines are existing . You can't; you need to rewrite the entire file. For classical sequential files I r

Re: Finding the correct IEASYSxx member

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/15/2008 at 03:26 PM, Tom Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Seems clear to me. The word "alternate" does not mean additional. When IEASYS00 is required then the wording "alternate" may be clear locally, but it's wrong. A document that contains two clear but contr

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

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Re: IBM PR: System z Announcement Webcast on October 21, 2008

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/17/2008 at 10:28 AM, "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I consider your sentence above as simply offensive. PKB. When you write offensive posts about others, it;s hypocritical to take offense when someone has the temerity to criticize you. -- Shmuel (Seymou

Re: Default class for JES2 SYSOUT

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/16/2008 at 10:16 AM, Sally Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Please can someone tell me if SYSOUT=A is always the default class for >SYSOUT in JES2, or if this is something that can be changed somewhere. Could you do what you want with an OUTPUT statement? --

Re: Finding the correct IEASYSxx member

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/15/2008 at 02:55 PM, Howard Rifkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >How can I trace back and find out which IEASYSxx member the system was >IPL'ed with? There may be more than one. Do you need all of them, or just one? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and J

Re: IBM PR: System z Announcement Webcast on October 21, 2008

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/16/2008 at 01:40 PM, Jon Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Maybe by the last few, but certainly not by his whole body of posts. Animosity to IBM is certainly consistent with a lot of his posts, if not the whole body of them. I'm not shy about criticizing IBM, but I

Re: Default class for JES2 SYSOUT

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:26:14 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >And this provokes a further question. Suppose I'm overriding a DD >SYSOUT statement in a PROC which specifies both class and writer. >I might variously want to do each of the following. How can I: > >o Nullify class a

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Re: IBM PR: System z Announcement Webcast on October 21, 2008

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Re: Default class for JES2 SYSOUT

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:18:55 -0500, Scott Barry wrote: > >Use a JCL PROC symbolic to override SYSOUT sub-parameter(s); for an STC, you >can enter the START command with your desired symbolic value(s). > And if I don't have control of the PROC? >Also, regarding the treatment of null parameter value

Re: How to insert records using EXECIO

Gil amen brother...I loved Open Source Open Object Rexx.. But it took independent developers to do the job...IBM used to listen to us the customers... Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304[m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipi

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Re: Default class for JES2 SYSOUT

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:26:14 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:55:04 -0500, Chase, John wrote: >Of course. But why does supplying one null positional subparameter, >"SYSOUT=()", still constitute a null override, while supplying two >null positional subparam

Re: Default class for JES2 SYSOUT

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:55:04 -0500, Chase, John wrote: >> >> > 3 //DD01 DD SYSOUT= <== nothing there >> > >> >IGD101I SMS ALLOCATED TO DDNAME (DD01) >> >> That's surprising. Paul's SYSOUT=() does the same thing. His SMS > >That's just a "null override". We use that technique

Re: How to insert records using EXECIO

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:17:05 -0400, Scott Ford wrote: > >See this Share paper... > > http://shareew.prod.web.sba.com/client_files/callpapers/attach/SHARE_in_San_Jose/S8343WS150114.pdf > Ah, the dreaded Rexx Stream I/O Function Package; I've read about it. This is worse than disappointing; it's dism

Re: REXX error

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:20:36 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak wrote: >That depends on the Rexx interpreter being used. On my windows/XP system I >need nothing on the first line. It is surprising how many people who know Rexx >so well, know so little. > How does the system recognize that it's Rexx and not s

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