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    CONCAT Operator ||: The operands of concatenation must be compatible strings. A binary string cannot be concatenated with a character string, including character strings that are defined as FOR BIT DATA . A distinct type that is based on a string type can be concatenated only if an appropriate user-defined function is created. Both CONCAT…

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    The interesting point is DB/DC does contain both transaction manager and database manager. So this region supports to CICS to access IMS database. Except BATCH it supports for all kinds of transactions. Batch Jobs Note: Pure BATCH runs under MVS address space. So BATCH jobs cannot access IMS database, unless they used as BMP (Batch).…

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    Sort status is like ‘File status’ in COBOL. With sort status clause, you can get sort or merge successful or not in the COBOL. The syntax is: Select file-name assign to dd-name Sort Status IS data-name1. It is two-char field. In the case of Sort/merge error, it shows appropriate error. The below are optional in…

  • How to Use Return Command in CICS

    Return is one of the beautiful command in CICS, which passes control to other program of next higher logical level, or to CICS. The LENGTH value in RETURN command should not be higher than the size of DFHCOMMAREA (32760 bytes max). The passing CHANNEL name should have been already created. Else, it create new channel.…

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