Batch FTP Question – Server to Mainframe

I recently tested a batch FTP which gets a file from a Unix server and downloads to a flat file on an IBM mainframe. When I run this on our test box, it creates a fixed block flat file of 128 bytes. When I run the exact same batch FTP on our production box, exact same server, it creates a variable...

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IMS conversational transactions

I am looking into IBM's IMS SOAP Gateway to expose our IMS transactions as Web Services. 98% of our IMS transactions are conversational. I am looking for possible ways of exposing them as SOAP/Web services without acquiring WebSphere or IMS Connect for Java on the Mainframe

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Is there an IBM Tool to Rebind Plans/Collections

I am an applicaiton developer, (analyst) resonsible for ensuring four test regions (and sometimes the produciton region) performs as effieciently as possible. We have approximately 1000 programs that have not accurate statistics (run stats are not updated, another question). Our DBA's tell us it is...

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VS COBOL-II (FILES)

HI, Suppose i have a sequential file containing 1 lakh records. i want that after retreiving every 5000 records a message to be displayed that file is being processed. thank you.

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Working Storage – Reusability

Hello, here is the question... I want to create a sub-module (cobol DB2) that will be called at initialization time by the load driver (either TP ou Batch). That sub-module will load technical information in its working-storage after accessing DB2 tables. That module will be called dynamically...

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C program call to COBOL / DB2

Can a C program in a mainframe environment call a COBOL program or a DB2 stored procedure. If so is any sample code available.

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Migration from OS/390 to Z/OS V1.6 with CSP

We are migrating from OS/390 v2.10 to Z/OS V1.6 as V1.4 is no longer available.We still keep some old application development environment based on CSP/AD and CSP/AE. Is there any issue other than adopting the new LE library that we need to be aware of?

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Name that computer?

Warning: this may be historic (1970's, PDP-11, etc.) or might be fictional. Don't loose sleep over this (although you might could get some additional insight around 9pm EST;-) And please don't flame me either. Minicomputer, comparable phyiscal size to PDP-11 appears to be two CPU units 3-5 feet...

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ZOS SOCKETS API

Trying to write a batch COBOL socket program to talk to cics sockets. I have the CICS API, I can not find the ZOS the correct manual for the sockets in batch COBOL.

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Syncsort options

Anyone have a list of available sysncsort options/commands.. Can't find my old manual. Thanks, Scott

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Need help in sloving some JOB Abends

Hi All, I am new to the mainframe application development environment.Can anyone help me how to solve JCL Abends like say SOC7,SOC4. regards, Aravind

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Kanji conversion in Mainframe

We send e-mails in Japanese (Kanji) from the Mainframe. When we need to send the e-mail in HTML format, that is easy: you put all the necessary tags, and then for Kanji characters we use HTML-recognized encoding (for example, to get ? character we send "照", and when you open the HTML it...

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Why do IT projects fail?-2

Hi, I'm a Computer Engineering at CSU Chico. I'm conducting a research paper on "Why IT Projects Fail". If someone could give me an example of a failed projects, "failed" meaning that it didn't get finished on time, or the final project did not meet the requierments. Also if you could give a quick...

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Mainframe Testing Tools

My shop is currently looking for testing packages for batch (mostly cobol, some assembler) applications as well as our online CICS applications. We are z/OS shop using IMS and a very limited amount of DB2. We are looking at CA-InterTest, Xpediter, and SmartTest. In addition to the usual testing and...

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cics internet web interface question

Good day, We are in the process of changing the CICS internet login protocol from basic to form based authentication. This requires placing a token inside the HTML referencing the item '&QUERY_STRING' as defined on page 80 of the CICS Internet Guide. Nothing is mentioned concerning the format of...

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CICS transaction paramter for lower case

Can you please tell me what parameter to set in order to allow a CICS transaction the use of lower-case letters?

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Secure File Transfer for Mainframe systems

I would like to transfer files from Unix machine to Mainframe system (using Unix machine as client). The transfer process need to be secure (ie. data sent thro network should be encrypted using 128-bit encryption algorithm). I came to understand that SFTP server is not available for Mainframe...

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Help needed with sending a mainframe file to users in CSV format

Hi, My program is creating a delimited flat file on the mainframe. I want to send this file to various users using either IEBGENER or IBMFTP as a CSV file. My problem is that although the file is sent successfully as a .CSV file but when the user opens the CSV file he finds that for some of the...

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Mainframe security / Racf

My first time on ITKE , so please forgive, but why do I not see any RACF/Top Secret/ACF2 related issues? It should be under security, or not ? Thanks Pieter

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