• How to write a COBOL Program in DB2 stored procedure

    The example and best way to write stored procedure in COBOL language and explained it to include in DB2 stored procedure. Sometimes this is also called external stored procedure. Read more.

  • How to Create Stored procedures in DB2

    Workstation-based development tools can help you create, install, and test stored procedures for DB2® for z/OS®. Stored Procedures Stored procedures are portable across the entire family of DB2 servers including DB2 for z/OS, DB2 for i, and DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. If a DB2 subsystem is configured for the creation of SQL and…

  • COBOL 66 Level and Redefines The Real Benefits

    COBOL 66 Level The 66 level assigns an alternate name to a field or group. It doesn’t add a new field to the record, it just assigns an alternate name to an existing field. Click here to read more on COBOL LEVEL numbers. You must use the level number 66 for data description entries that…

  • Search Vs Search all in COBOL: Top Differences

    The content explains “SEARCH” and “SEARCH ALL” in COBOL, highlighting their usage and differences.

  • 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……