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We can't turn off the NUMCHECK option for our new COBOL V6.2 compiler because we can't trust the content of our numeric variables. The problem is, that when we turn it on, it's not fully compatible with the COBOL 4 we had previously at our organization. Specifically - when an unsigned packed variable contains X'123C' , COBOL 4 would have accepted it and let us continue, but COBOL 6.2 with NUMCHECK(PAC,ABD) abends, and only willing to accept X'123F'. This is a real issue for us regarding assembler invoking COBOL, or reading from files and etc. Is there another option or maybe even a PTF that

I have to preform 3 tasks: an insert, a delete, and a write I'm not sure what the best way to do this is. My mainframe program design skills aren't too tight, so I was looking for advice. Could I avoid doing a COBOL program for this? The way I see it, I just need JCL that executes SQL statements. If I design my statements correctly, then they should be able to preform tasks 1 and 2 this way. But I'm thinking I may need to have a COBOL program to write to a file? I'll overview my thought process for the 3 tasks. Each task seems similar, but they query different results, so the SQL statements

Is there any way that we can find the exact line number that causes an abend ( like SO4C) from the Offset(like offset +00007D0A at address 1515CD0A ) given in the spool with the error message.? If your program is compiled with options OFFSET,NOLIST, you will have a list of verbs/line numbers in the output listing which contain the "offset" from the start of the program. The line number on the the listing which has the closest offset, but less than or equal to, the "offset" reported in the abend, is where you want to look. If you use NOOFFSET,LIST, you will get the "generated assembler" in your

I hear repeatedly that while NFS-style files systems are available on IBM mainframes, they are often not enabled, presumably to minimize the security risks of the mainframe vis-a-vis the rest of the world. Given that I'd like to produce PC-based tools that reach out and process files on the mainframe, this makes a simple problem ("open NFS file '\mainframe\foo'") much harder; what can I count on to provide file system access in a networked enviroment? (Linux systems offer NFS via Samba pretty much as standard, so this is easy). IBM offers Rational Developer for Z, an Eclipse variant used by

how can we move the data in middle of PS file to left side in Mainframe? any shortcut command for this? I have a Data set with data at column 13 and it has to be moved to column 11, Any short key to move it. Want to align rest of the rows in DS as 1st column BROWSE OSMDEV.ITALY3.DATA Command ===> ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+- 758 200510 4323T 758 2005 10 4323N 758 2005 10 51149 758 2005 10 51154 758 2005 10 6758E 758 2005 13 34437 758 2005 13 34441 758 2005 13 53445 Use the ISPF 'BNDS' line command command and set the bounds (via the '<' and '>' characters) to column 11 and

Now there is a new requirement. I have got some adhoc work at hand. The requirement is to connect a desktop based Java application to read data from Mainframe generated by some CICS Transaction. [Basically I have to read all the records being appended into a file (same way as we do tail-f filename in linux). This is just for FYI my requirement is something different.] I inquired, and came to know that my employer cannot provide MQ or CICS Transaction Gateway access to me. He suggested some method of screen scraping. I have already done that using VB.Net application and Quick3270 as well as IBM