REXX Questions


Question on how to code REXX
I am trying to learn REXX and I am learning on my own.  What I want to do is make a wildcard for the end of FWEBSRV to either an “I” or an “M”. I have looked at some other code and it looks like people have used a “namer” and “rname” in the code.  [...]

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2012  4:43 PM
AF/OPER, REXX
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25 pts.

JCL analyser tool using REXX
Is there any REXX tool Which analyses a JCL and gives summary of it,like, description of number of steps in the JCL, what does COND parameters contain in each step, no of DD statements each step contains, how many DSN’s used, what is the DISP value for those DSN’s, are there any Symbolic Parameters used in the JCL, [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:29 AM
JCL, REXX, REXX Procedure, REXX tool
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5 pts.

Output to Excel using Regina Rexx
How to read input from Notepad seperated by tab and put output to an Excel file each word in each coloumn using Regina rexx and not mainframe rexx

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2010  9:27 AM
excel, Output in Excel, Regina Rexx, REXX, REXX Mainframe, REXX Procedure
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5 pts.

Rexx program working abnormally sometimes when executed through JCL
I have a Rexx program to browse a very big dataset(say 75,000 lines) and then add 1 or 2 lines then save and end. This is working fine in online or batch execution provided dataset has only few records. However it works fine for all if running in ISPF panel itself, but through jcl execution [...]

Answer Question   |  October 8, 2010  12:07 PM
Datasets, JCL, REXX, REXX Mainframe, REXX Procedure
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5 pts.

Can I access job info directly from the CA-View
What I would like to do is to display a list of jobs that are defined to CA-View then retrieve those jobs using SARBCH. I have a list, but it has to be manually maintined and I am trying to remove that aspect of the process.

Answer Question   |  September 7, 2010  5:07 PM
CA View, MVS, MVS system, REXX
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10 pts.

GDG AUTOMATION USING REXX
Hi ,   Can anyone please tell me if there is a rexx code to automate GDG. If anyone of you have it , kindly post it here. Thanks Archana

Answer Question   |  January 22, 2010  2:01 PM
Automation, GDG, REXX
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20 pts.

REXX tool to change a particular word in more than 50 PS at a time- PLS help
Hi everybody, I need a rexx tool to change a word called HRTKD.VSAM to HRTKO.VSAM in more than 50 PS(sequential dataset) at the same time. — Is it possible… Please help.. Thanks

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2010  12:57 PM
REXX, REXX Mainframe, REXX Procedure
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65 pts.

SQL code -104 in REXx
This is my query. im passing a char value as input. but query returns -104. how to execute this SELECT * FROM  Table WHERE Field=’data’

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2009  1:23 PM
REXX
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5 pts.

Report from CA/View
Hello, I need to write a REXX routine to read the CA/VIEW (SAR) for a particular job and list out all the datasets that are being used in it. Please let me know of any sample code or point me to some documentation where I can read more about this. Thank you. CA/VIEW is the [...]

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  8:15 PM
REXX, SAR
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5 pts.

REXX to generate report
I have a request to write a REXX code which will collect the data from a job output and then generates a report. please give me some insight  and some sample code.

Answer Question   |  September 9, 2009  7:08 AM
REXX, z/OS, z/OS 1.9
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5 pts.

How can I import data to mainframe from Excel in REXX
I have the excel sheet with few fields, I want to import the excel data from my desktop to a mainframe dataset

Answer Question   |  August 13, 2009  11:43 AM
Microsoft Excel, REXX, REXX Mainframe
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5 pts.

How can I export data from mainframe to Excel in REXX
i want to export data in PS to excel through rexx code.As i am a beginner in REXX .can any one help me in this .

Answer Question   |  August 12, 2011  6:13 AM
Mainframe, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel import/export, REXX, REXX Procedure, REXX procedure to export data to Excel
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5 pts.

REXX LOOP for repeated Enter press
Is it possible to code a REXX EXEC to emulate the repeated pressing of the ENTER key with a TSO session? The repeat loop would be set by an externally determined variable value or some form of time elapse logic. THANKS!

Answer Question   |  May 8, 2009  11:33 AM
REXX, REXX LOOP, TSO session
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5 pts.

Differences between REXX(For IBM Mainframes) and REXX/400(For AS/400)?
Can you please provide the detailed differences between REXX(For IBM Mainframes) and REXX/400(For AS/400)? I am new to REXX/400, so finding bit difficulties to understand it. Thanks in advance, Shameer

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2009  5:42 AM
REXX, REXX/390, REXX/400
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20 pts.

Can you find out the name of the job calling a REXX program?
I am using REXX in TSO, and I would like to get information about the Batch job that called the REXX. I was hoping to get the Job name and the job number, but I can’t find anything. I’ve looked in the MVSVAR() and SYSVAR() functions, which is where I thought it’d be available, but [...]

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  4:07 PM
IKJEFT01, MVSVAR, REXX, TSO
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145 pts.

REXX
I need to read a file having a name of the dataset. And then have to check whether it is cataloged or not. Can anyone let me know how to do it? Thanks for the information

Answer Question   |  January 15, 2010  11:23 AM
Mainframe Datasets, REstructured eXtended eXecutor, REXX
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5 pts.

Submit Rexx procedure
I submitted a rexx procedure with *LIBL for the library, it’s failing with error message procedure not found eventhough REXX library is in the library list. Can someone help I don’t to have to hard code the library name? Thanks

Answer Question   |  November 11, 2008  4:16 PM
REXX, REXX Procedure, REXX/400
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25 pts.

Information on writing a VM/CMS Batch Scheduler in REXX
I would like to write a REXX program that performs the following: Schedule a Batch Job View Jobs Scheduled for a particular Day Delete a batch job View the Status of a scheduled Batch Job

Answer Question   |  November 11, 2008  3:22 PM
REXX, VM/CMS
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10 pts.

REXX
What is the relative way for ISPEXEC MACRO in REXX to REXX in AS/400?

Answer Question   |  July 31, 2010  9:44 AM
ISPEXEC, REXX, REXX/400
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Gka
70 pts.

REXX/400
How to read file and write into file by REXX/400?

Answer Question   |  September 9, 2008  9:06 AM
REXX, REXX/400
asked by:
Gka
70 pts.