• Informatica version 9.6 latest features

    There are couple of additions that have been happened in Informatica version 9.6 like changes to Java, LookUp and Normalization transformations. Read more here.

  • How to Copy HFS files to ZFS files in Mainframe

    HFS and zFS are both used with Unix System Services but zFS is IBM’S preferred file system for Unix System Services files. From the Unix standpoint there’s no difference in HFS and zFS as far as mounting directories, the hierarchical structure, and accessing files or directories. The principal differences between the two are that zFS…

  • COBOL file status codes 37, 38 and 39

    COBOL file status codes 37, 38 and 39 and their descriptions explained.

  • JavaScript and AJAX for Mainframe programmers

    Now a days many applications are going online. Lot of websites are creating to be more informative for users. As a mainframe programmer, learning JavaScript will help you understand how latest technologies working. You can do career transition. JavaScript and AJAX do not stand on their own. They only have meaning in the context of…

  • How De-editing works in COBOL-85

    De-editing occurs when an elementary item with a PICTURE clause containing editing characters is MOVEd to a similarly defined elementary item, but without the editing characters. By “similarly defined,” I mean numeric edited to numeric, or alphanumeric edited to alphanumeric. When this is done, the effects of the editing are reversed, and the original value…

  • COBOL Table vs Java arrays Top Differences

    I learned Java and I am got benefit. So Read, or follow my blogs, and you will also get the same. Here I have given differences between COBOL tables and Java arrays. COBOL Arrays Multiple dimensions (maximum seven). Fixed in size at compile time, unless you use the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause, which specifies the…

  • Hierarchical file system (HFS) in Mainframe UNIX (2 of 2)

    HFS files system to support UNIX on mainframe. Read more all details.

  • How to use UNIX files in Mainframe Batch job

    HFS files are designed to run in a UNIX environment, you can still access them through a batch job. The JCL you use is a little different, though, than for standard data sets. Zo/s provides some additional parameters for the DD statement that allow you to create, access, and delete HFS files. A pathname must……

  • Mainframe: How to Replace Spaces with String in Input File

    If I find a space in position 63-72, I need to replace with 9999-99-99.Is there any way to perform this? My Input looks like the following records Input: AAAAAAAA 2006-09-01 XXXXXXXXXX 001 000 BBBBBBBB 2006-06-01 XXXXXXXXXX 001 000 CCCCCCC 2006-01-01 2006-05-31 001 000 DDDDDDD 2007-01-01 XXXXXXXXXX 001 000 And the output should be Output: AAAAAAAA…

  • How to resolve ‘CICS’ production abends in Mainframe

    Ideas you need to resolve production abends in CICS mainframe.

  • The Real Use of ‘XCTL’ command in CICS

    In CICS Still, many people do not know when to use ‘XCTL’ command. I want to make very clear about this command.

  • MQSeries Tutorial for Mainframe Programmers (3 of 5)

    Below are key MQSeries calls need to write in COBOL program. Read MQSeries with COBOL sample program. In this post, you will learn how to write different calls in the COBOL program. The working storage section of any MQ series program usually carries the following 4 IBM supplied copybooks. CMQODV     (MQM-OBJECT-DESCRIPTOR) CMQMDV (MQM-MESSAGE-DESCRIPTOR) CMQPMOV…