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by Nick Jones
Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:36 pm
Forum: CICS, Middleware and MQ Series.
Topic: How to create a syslog message from cics/batch ?
Replies: 1
Views: 452

How to create a syslog message from cics/batch ?

Hi,

Could some please give me an idea on how to create a syslog message from CICS/batch? This will great help.
by Nick Jones
Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:41 am
Forum: Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs.
Topic: Books for learning REXX and SAS.
Replies: 9
Views: 1013

Re: Books for learning REXX and SAS.

Though I find it as a fine book, as my knowledge in REXX is not that apt. I think it's good for starters.
by Nick Jones
Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:39 am
Forum: Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs.
Topic: Books for learning REXX and SAS.
Replies: 9
Views: 1013

Re: Books for learning REXX and SAS.

Google. Avoid "Rexx - Programmer's Reference" because despite it saying several times that it is a complete reference  a lot of it points you to other publications. I think I wasted my money buying it. Are you referring to the book forwarded by Michael Cowlishaw? Here is a soft copy of it...
by Nick Jones
Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:31 am
Forum: Mainframe Performance, Capacity Planning and Software Cost.
Topic: What is MIPS, are we being misled By the Term "MIPS"?
Replies: 16
Views: 8978

Re: What is MIPS, are we being misled By the Term "MIPS"?

Hi, There is one more question I would like to ask here - if we have a LPAR running say 1000 jobs. Now we say [ol][li]we need to do the MIPS optimization for this LPAR[/li] [li]We know there are some high CPU using job. We need to do reduce the CPU use of these jobs.[/li][/ol] In these two case wha...
by Nick Jones
Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:33 pm
Forum: IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol.
Topic: BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS.
Replies: 7
Views: 4929

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS.

Thanks Robert.
by Nick Jones
Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:29 pm
Forum: Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes.
Topic: Paint using Check boxes.
Replies: 5
Views: 1621

Re: Paint using Check boxes.

This is classic. Good one...
by Nick Jones
Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:27 pm
Forum: Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes.
Topic: Girlfriends.
Replies: 5
Views: 1486

Re: Girlfriends.

LOL!
by Nick Jones
Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:27 pm
Forum: Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes.
Topic: Times Square Live Webcam.
Replies: 7
Views: 1983

Re: Times Square Live Webcam.

This is great...
by Nick Jones
Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:20 pm
Forum: Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes.
Topic: Count to a Million!
Replies: 234
Views: 74067

Re: Count to a Million!

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by Nick Jones
Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:10 pm
Forum: Assembler & PL/I.
Topic: How can I learn Assembler?
Replies: 3
Views: 2273

Re: How can I learn Assembler?

Thanks Robert and Anuj.
by Nick Jones
Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:09 pm
Forum: IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol.
Topic: BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS.
Replies: 7
Views: 4929

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS.

Thanks Robert.

Should not we just leave this clause and let the system decide the BLKSIZE?
by Nick Jones
Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:08 pm
Forum: Testing Tools, Mainframe Application Testing, Abends Solution & QA.
Topic: Xpeditor Commands
Replies: 7
Views: 3637

Re: Xpeditor Commands

My secondary concerns - Also, Would be interested in commands used for re-sizing the source window and monitor window in XPEDITOR. Have you tried this, that seems to work for me: please try to use - SET KEEP nn (where nn can be, for example, 10). If you are referring to the AUTOKEEP window then the...
by Nick Jones
Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:04 pm
Forum: Assembler & PL/I.
Topic: How can I learn Assembler?
Replies: 3
Views: 2273

How can I learn Assembler?

Hi, I want to learn Assembler, however I find it bit tough to understand, as there are many topics which talk about assembler not being in use much. On the other hand, can you please help me the way I should start learning High Level Assembler - what should I start with? Kind of what syllabus to lea...

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