Getting the DFHEIENT macro to generate an RSECT (CICS/assembler)

2024-02-25 Thread Steff Gladstone
prevent the translator from doing this? Thanks, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

ESTAE and IEBCOPY

2022-03-08 Thread Steff Gladstone
is released). Does anybody have any ideas how we might capture the abend and reason codes in spite of all this? Thanks, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

RTM2WA

2022-03-08 Thread Steff Gladstone
Where can I find the DSECT for the RTM2WA control block? I did not find it in either SYS1.MACLIB or SYS1.AMODGEN. Thanks, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: Communication between two computer systems (LPARS or physical)

2021-08-12 Thread Steff Gladstone
Thank you all for your informative answers! Steff On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 12:19, Timothy Sipples wrote: > Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw wrote: > >Looking through the various answers here, I note that someone has > >mentioned the need for some kind of security, so that others cannot > >trigger actions

Communication between two computer systems (LPARS or physical)

2021-08-10 Thread Steff Gladstone
systems (the JES2 spool is shared by all the systems.) . But this is problematic since the required SVC (34) requires that the program be authorized. Any other ideas? Thanks, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Locating LE's CIB in CICS

2021-04-20 Thread Steff Gladstone
the best, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Finding the NETNAME within TSO

2021-03-16 Thread Steff Gladstone
How can I discover the netname of a TSO user from within TSO? Either directly in REXX or via a called assembler subroutine? Thanks, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

VSAM write error: file status key = 24

2021-02-08 Thread Steff Gladstone
of a relative or indexed file. The (4,4) file is identical to the (4,3) file in all respects except for the shareoptions. The error never occurs for the (4,3) file and occurs intermittently for the (4,4) file. Can anyone suggest what the problem might be? Thanks, Steff Gladstone

Re: Isolating a CSECT within a load module

2021-01-21 Thread Steff Gladstone
Thank you Greg, Paul and Max for your informative replies! On Tue, 5 Jan 2021 at 15:12, Massimo Biancucci wrote: > I tried to develop you hints: > > // EXPORT SYMLIST=* > // SET INPMOD=oldmd > // SET OUTMOD=newmod > // SET INPLIB=myold.lib > // SET OUTLIB=mynew.lib > // SET AMBDSN=AMBLIST3 > //

Re: VSAM file discrepancies

2021-01-19 Thread Steff Gladstone
The duplication exists in the data, not in the index. On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 18:22, Cameron Conacher wrote: > A KSDS with duplicate full primary key values? > Are you sure? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 19, 2021, at 10:19 AM, Steff Gladstone > wrote: > &

VSAM file discrepancies

2021-01-19 Thread Steff Gladstone
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Isolating a CSECT within a load module

2021-01-04 Thread Steff Gladstone
Greetings, Can anyone suggest a method of isolating or extracting a CSECT (statically-linked called program) from a load module? The only (clumsy) method I can think of is using (within the linkage editor or binder) a REPLACE statement ahead of an INCLUDE statement and specifying in the REPLACE

Re: Calculating duration from subtracting TOD clocks

2020-12-01 Thread Steff Gladstone
of the rightmost bit that is incremented are > stored as zeros." > > QED > > Charles > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Steff Gladstone > Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2020 7:08

Calculating duration by subtracting TOD clocks

2020-11-26 Thread Steff Gladstone
Could someone answer 4gb's question? On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 11:53:30 PM UTC+3, 4gb...@gmail.com wrote: > Shouldn't you clear the low order 12 bits of each TOD value before adding or subtracting them? Those low order bits are not fractions of a microsecond, so including them in the math

Calculating duration from subtracting TOD clocks

2020-11-26 Thread Steff Gladstone
Could someone answer 4gb's 11-year-late question? On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 11:53:30 PM UTC+3, 4gb...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, September 3, 2007 at 4:38:21 PM UTC-7, Ludmila Koganer wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to subtract two TOD times to find elapsed time. Currently I convert > > the two

Using STCKCONV in a CICS GLUE

2020-06-16 Thread Steff Gladstone
We need to capture the date and time in a GLUE and need more precision than the CICS variables give us. Can we use the STCKCONV macro in a GLUE? Could it cause all of CICS to enter a wait? Or is it essentially pure CPU? Thanks, Steff Gladstone

Tracking called (non-main) programs using SMF records

2019-11-13 Thread Steff Gladstone
with SMF. Scanning program sources for called programs is unsatisfactory for us since the call could be dynamic (name of program contained in a variable) or conditional on a particular set of circumstances that never occurs in practice. Thanks in advance! Steff Gladstone

Re: RACF: Limiting update-authorization of a file to a particular application

2019-03-07 Thread Steff Gladstone
But if I TSOEXEC CALL the Cobol I/O routine, will it retain the context between calls? Won't the DCBs and ACBs and working storage be reinitialized on every call? בתאריך יום ה׳, 7 במרץ 2019, 02:34, מאת Walt Farrell ‏: > On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 19:29:05 +0200, Steff Gladstone < > ste

Re: RACF: Limiting update-authorization of a file to a particular application

2019-03-06 Thread Steff Gladstone
One further question: Would use of IKJEFTSI/IKJEFTSR/IKJEFTST work here? I.e., provide an isolated eenvironment for RACF while maintaining continuity within the I/O routine without re-initializing its working storage on each call? On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 19:01, Steff Gladstone wrote

Re: RACF: Limiting update-authorization of a file to a particular application

2019-03-06 Thread Steff Gladstone
e? Thanks in advance, Steff Gladstone On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 23:33, Walt Farrell wrote: > On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:22:33 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >AFAIK it won't reset the dirty bit. It does isolate AC(0) from AC(1). > > Yes, it will, for that isolated paralle

Re: RACF: Limiting update-authorization of a file to a particular application

2019-02-20 Thread Steff Gladstone
something I am missing? On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 at 16:48, Walt Farrell wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:05:59 +0200, Steff Gladstone < > steff.gladst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Ok. We have been playing around with program control.If PROG1 (a COBOL > >program incid

Re: RACF: Limiting update-authorization of a file to a particular application

2019-02-17 Thread Steff Gladstone
an we do to get around this (we need the program control feature under TSO foreground as well)? Thanks in advance, Steff Gladstone On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 18:06, Seymour J Metz wrote: > Program control, but pay close attention to the restrictions. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.

RACF: Limiting update-authorization of a file to a particular application

2019-02-07 Thread Steff Gladstone
capabilities to the application (or to a particular I/O routine) alone? Would the same (or similar) definitions work for a site using Top Secret instead of RACF? Thank you in advance, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-11-26 Thread Steff Gladstone
e with your security environment. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Steff Gladstone > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2018 3:53 PM > To: IB

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-11-22 Thread Steff Gladstone
ynamically allocate within IEFACTRT but the BPXWDYN routine returns a non-zero return code. (Same code that works fine in a regular program.) Is this a limitation of BPXWDYN? Should I code an SVC 99 call myself? Thank you in advance, Steff Gladstone On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 at 16:17, Charles Mills w

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-10-04 Thread Steff Gladstone
, 6 Dec 2017 12:14:45 +0200 Steff Gladstone < > steff.gladst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > :>Hi Binyamin, > :> > :>The application load libraries are full of obsolete code. We are trying > to > :>identify which programs are still active in the installation in

Re: TCBFSA field in the TCB DSECT

2018-02-13 Thread Steff Gladstone
gt; this, > you could check for the value in TCBFSA to see, if you arrived at the > first save > area. But you could also check for NULL in the backward pointer. > > HTH, kind regards > > Bernd > > > > Am 13.02.2018 um 10:07 schrieb Steff Gladstone: > >> Hi, &

TCBFSA field in the TCB DSECT

2018-02-13 Thread Steff Gladstone
Hi, I am in the process of converting several routines to AMODE=31 RMODE=ANY. One of them references the address of the first problem program save area found in the TCB. The field is defined as follows: TCBFSA DS0A -ADDRESS OF THE FIRST PROBLEM PROGRAM SAVE AREA DS

Looking for an appropriate system exit

2017-12-05 Thread Steff Gladstone
be candidates for this sort of thing. Any potential pitfalls we should be aware of? Thank you, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message

Cobol 5/6 - Compile listing integrated into load module

2017-12-05 Thread Steff Gladstone
? Or is this totally proprietary information that IBM keeps under tabs? Thanks in advance for any assistance, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

COBDSACB control block

2017-02-13 Thread Steff Gladstone
Does anybody know where we can find precise and complete information regarding the contents of the COBDSACB control block of COBOL? Thank you, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

CEEBINT

2017-02-13 Thread Steff Gladstone
We are considering using the user exit CEEBINT. Is there anyone out there with experience using the exit who could point us to the appropriate documentation detailing how to use it as well as any other suggestions as to its use? Thanks, Steff Gladstone

A further question regarding COBOL5 and CEEDUMP

2017-01-26 Thread Steff Gladstone
A further question: the CEEDUMP we receive in COBOL 5 lacks a dump of the WORKING STORAGE SECTION. Can this be remedied by changing compile-time or run-time parameters? Please advise. Thank you, Steff Gladstone On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Steff Gladstone <steff.gladst...@gmail.com>

COBOL5 and ceedump

2017-01-08 Thread Steff Gladstone
Are there any whizzes out there who specialize in reading and deciphering CEEDUMPs? I have a question for you. In a COBOL5 CEEDUMP, how do I locate the *index* of an array (i.e., an array that is defined with "indexed by") in the dump? Thanks in advance, Steff

Recommended logstream policy for SYSVIEW statistical historical data

2017-01-02 Thread Steff Gladstone
scan of the data from a much earlier date. What would be the recommended logstream policy for a logstream of this type? Is our assumption correct that this is an active (as opposed to funnel-type) logstream application? Thanks in advance for any assistance, Steff Gladstone

InfoSphere Classic CDC for z/OS

2016-11-21 Thread Steff Gladstone
Does anyone have any experience with the above software, as a tool to capture updates to a "classic" VSAM file on the mainframe and propagate them to a open-systems data base? Thanks, Steff Gladstone -- For IBM-MAIN

Freeing up space in a VSAM file

2016-03-14 Thread Steff Gladstone
and reorganize it, causing quite a disruption to operations. Presumably this is because of the way the indexes are organized. Any advice? What parameters do you suggest we "play" with to ameliorate the situation? Thanks in advance, Steff

Re: ENQ for the life of the job

2015-04-21 Thread Steff Gladstone
Even without modifying the SWA with information for the DD, as you suggested earlier? On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 2:50 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Steff Gladstone steff.gladst...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you all for for help

Fwd: ENQ for the life of the job

2015-04-20 Thread Steff Gladstone
Greetings, How do I use the ISGENQ macro in such a way that the ENQ lasts for the life of the entire job (or several job steps) and not just for the life of a single job-step? Would specifying the TCB address of the initiator TCB on the TCB parameter work? Any better ideas? Thanks, Steff

Re: ENQ for the life of the job

2015-04-20 Thread Steff Gladstone
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steff Gladstone Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: ENQ for the life of the job How do I use the ISGENQ macro in such a way that the ENQ lasts for the life

Re: ENQ for the life of the job

2015-04-20 Thread Steff Gladstone
:41 AM, Steff Gladstone steff.gladst...@gmail.com wrote: The ENQ has to be transparent to the JCL. Could I dynamically allocate a dataset with DISP=(OLD,PASS)? As I recall the dynamic allocation does not permit the use of PASS. ​Hum, I'm going to go way out on a limb and start

Re: ENQ for the life of the job

2015-04-20 Thread Steff Gladstone
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steff Gladstone Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 11:18 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ENQ for the life of the job I suppose a final job-step to do the DEQ with COND=EVEN would not always do