MVS now allows for an IF bracketed by an END IF around any job step to replace the COND= syntax. Again, if the IF statement is true, the step is bypassed.

Guest

• Jan 23rd, 2007

if it's true you fall thru (IBM wonked this up)://*--------------------------------------------------------------------//*     TERMINATE IF BAD CC FROM STEP10   ...

Anil Kumar Guggilam

• May 27th, 2006

Could you please give me the syntax... thanks

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bhd8ball

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• Mar 22nd, 2007

You can open a vsam dataset that has NO records in it if you initialize it with IDCAMS.Create it.Copy a 'blank' record into it.Delete the record (with IDCAMS)Now it can be opened sucessfully in OR output.  You may get a '4' condition code if you open it input.....

kanth

• Feb 22nd, 2007

It is not possible to open the empty vsamdata set.if u try to open tht   it displays  lastcc-12.

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A symbolic is a PROC placeholder; the value for the symbolic is supplied when the PROC is invoked, eg. &symbol=value. An override replaces the PROC's statement with another one; it substitutes for the entire statement.

Gomathy

• Apr 8th, 2007

Symbolic parameters are placed in the EXEC statements , and during compilation of the JCL, will replace the value. A typical use of Symbolic variables is, we can write generic PROC to be executed in v...

Soumik Das

• Feb 20th, 2007

The symbolics of the PROC are the parameters specified in the PROC the overirde whereas are the arguements which change the parameters...like in a PROC say TREE you can specify ...// DSN = &TEST,w...

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swati

• Apr 19th, 2007

There are two types of SORT, one is DFSORT and other is SYNCSORT . The basic cmds in both the products are same.ICETOOL provides a lot more than what SORT can offer and it comes with DFSORT product. S...

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kiran pathak

• Apr 30th, 2007

By using the NOTIFY Parameter in a job statement, It sends a Message to the user about the status of job .

kanchan

• Mar 18th, 2007

Yes it tells the id user whose id is being used whether the job is completed sucessfully or not.

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kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

Nearly every error is a failure to RTFM.

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kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

Sort it, dummying out SORTOUT

P.Karthikkumar

• Jan 10th, 2007

//JOBNAME...//STEP1     EXEC    PGM=FILEAID//SYSOUT       DD  SYSOUT=*//SYSPRINT    DD   SYSOUT=*//DD1&nb...

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kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

VSAM return codes are documentted in the IDC3009I error message. There are too many to memorize. Either print it off or keep it in a file on our PC. Anyone working with VSAM or VSAM cats will reter to it often.

avrkrishna

• Apr 29th, 2007

You are trying to open an EMPTY VSAM file and getting return code - 160REPRO INFILE(INPUT) OUTFILE(OUTPUT)IDC3300I  ERROR OPENING USERID.TEST.ESDSIDC3351I ** VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 160IDC0005I ...

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kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

Without knowing your product load, it's impossible to answer your question. For example, you could have an HTML enabled CICS region using DB/2 as a backend. Or you could be doing IPv6 translation to...

Shasha

• Nov 8th, 2006

Back-end testing is like Black Box testing. Means no need to walking through the program step by step. For Back-end testing, a Test Job needs to be prepare to execute a program, which we would like to...

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kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

Let's clarify things first. You probably *have* access to delete the dataset or your would have got an S913 or an ICH408I error.Someone else has the dataset in exclusive mode. There could be many, m...

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kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

The most common way is to store the desired return code in reg 15 and return from the program.

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Can anyone pls explain in detail the use of LIB statements like JOBLIB,STEPLIB,JCLLIB,PROCLIB.... as i know where to use these but not clear on the purpose of using....

kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

Can you specify which level of operating system you're using? It varies based on the answer.

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kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

COND is outdated. RTM and use IF THEN.

SWATI

• Apr 19th, 2007

1) The COND specifies condition for execution of subsequent job step depend on the return code from previous steps. 2) COND Can be coded in both JOB and EXEC statements. But COND written in EXEC stmt ...

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kckinney

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• Jun 11th, 2007

Fixed records have a fixed record lengthVariable records have variable length. The length of the record is recorded in the first 4 bytes of each record.Blocked vs unblocked - Blocked means it is form...

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sreekumar.h

• Jul 5th, 2007

If the program get terminated abnormally abend occurseg://t210 job notify=t210,msg level=(1,1),//step1 exec pgm=ibegenger
see in this eg. abend occurs in between these two steps

mca.mainframe

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• Jun 22nd, 2007

The transaction was connected to another transaction in another CICS system via an IRC Link. this other transaction has abnormally terminated.correct the cause of the abend in the connected transaction.   

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Dmithunibm

• Jul 6th, 2007

DRFRRC00 is an IMS routine to execute IMS programs through JCLs.

Mithun Dey

• Jul 6th, 2007

DFSRRC00 is basically an IMS routine to run IMS DLI(Batch) & BMP(Batch Message Processing) Modules thorugh JCL.

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Shamina Sharma

• Jul 24th, 2007

MSGCLASS is related to a specific output device to which messages are routed where as MSGLEVEL is used to specify the JCL and alocation messages which will be recorded in output device specifying by MSGCLASS.

Suganj

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• May 31st, 2007

Hi, Msgclass contains the information abt the JCL or COBOL ie it tells us where the output is send. whereas MSGlevel decribes the type of message to be sent.

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Datasets can be grouped in a DD statement one after another, eg. in a JOBLIB statement where the load module can exist in one of many datasets.

neha srivastav

• Jul 24th, 2007

For concatinating datasets through JCL, we can use MERGE Utility. Condition is that the datasets should be in sorted order.

jayakumar

• Sep 10th, 2006

The rules for concatening dataset is as follows:1)The LRECL value must be same for all the datasets2)The dataset which has the largest blksize must be given first3)we cannot concate a PS with the PDScheers,jai

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kkkanagaraj

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• Jul 25th, 2007

Hi i am unable to get what you meant as 'paged'?

kiran

• Apr 17th, 2006

Hi,ADDRSPC: this parameter specifies whether your job should use the Virtual memory or the Real memory when executing. Advantage of Virtual memory is , the Job can be paged. Virtual is Default.Region:...

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sunayana.sarangi

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• Aug 2nd, 2007

S0C9 reasons:while trying to edit or browse a PS dataset with LRECL=0, the File Manager abends with S0C9S0C2 : PRIVILEGED OPERATION EXCEPTION          ...

neha srivastav

• Jul 25th, 2007

 When we Try to access data outside your enclave (process), getting a SOC2 or S0C7 abend.

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