• 5 TSO Cmmands You Need to Know

    Top TSO commands mostly used by all the programmers in their day to day job.

  • IMS DB: Top Proc Options to Use in PSB

    PROCOPT in PSB of IMS DB

  • IMS DB- SENSEG and SENFLD in PSB

    Sensitive Segments: In a PSB maximum of 30,000 SENSEG statements we can code as per IMS V11. In PSB macro; Col…10      Col..16                                                                Col…72 PCB             TYPE=DB,DBDNAME=DATABASE,           X                     PROCOPT=A,KEYLEN=22SENSEG     NAME=A,PARENT=0,PROCOPT=G So, every PCB refers to a database. The description for each segment is already defined in DBD. So the segments we defined in PSB of PCB statement are called sensitive segments.  Sensitive fields:…

  • IMS DB-Command Code ‘D’ and Proc Option ‘P’

    Command codes enhances the database search in IMSDB. I want to say here about “D” command code and “P” proc option. Command Code Vs Proc Option We need to give Command code ‘D’ in all the SSAs top to bottom, except for last segment. Proc option-Indirectly acts as exclusive locks. “P” proc option is required PROCOPT=P in…

  • IMS DB: Why PCBs Must Give In Sequence In ENTRY

    As we all know, PSB is a database, it represents database view to the application program. And, PSBs are combination of various PCBs. So each PCB represents to one segment. In the PSB generation, we can code in PCB blocks of sensitive segments and sensitive fields. To run each batch program , we need to supply Program-name and PSB-name in JCL thru Parm parameter. PARM=(DLI, Program-name,PSB-name,,,).…

  • SQL Commit Vs Rollback: Syntax to Write in COBOL

    COMMIT statement ends the logical unit of work. Commit in SQL ROLLBACK in SQL

  • DB2 Fetch ideas on how to optimize result

    DB2 fetch top rules you need to know while using it in your SQL queries.

  • How to make Mentor Networking in current Company

    Make network of mentors to advance in career and to achieve your aspirations or goals

  • JCL- Sort ‘PD’ to ‘ZD’ with Length Calculation

    The best method to calculate length during conversion of PD to ZD in JCL DFSORT. Highly useful and time saving tip and useful for all mainframe developers.

  • DB2 SQL Functions Count Vs Count_Big

    How to use count and count_big in SQL. Explained with examples and differences.

  • SQL CAST Function: How to Convert CHAR to VARCHAR

    Cast function in SQL useful to covert one data-type to other,

  • CICS Quiz Part 1

    I created a CICS quiz with 11 questions. Your pass score is 80%. Focussed, on important basics. In my next posts, I will give some more quizzes. Topics covered: – Files – MAPS -Frequent Abends – TSQ and TDQ -Subroutines Start here to take Quiz CICS Part 1.