• COBOL: How to Write Multi Dimensional Arrays

    Theory behind COBOL table why both Tables and Arrays are same in COBOL context with little difference. Read now.

  • How Cloud Capabilities in Mainframe Boost Productivity

    Mainframe Z13 has the capability and It delivers new mobile, analytic and cloud capabilities for moving enterprise systems in the digital economy. Read more.

  • How to use FTP from JCL in Mainframe

    The simplified JCL to issue FTP from your JCL. Really good for many mainframe projects to use FTP or SFTP.

  • Sample JCL to Run IMS Program for Your Project

    Here is a sample JCL to run the IMS DB program in the mainframe environment. You can customize it per your requirement.

  • Happy Ugadi 2011

    Dear Blog readers Happy Ugadi to you all 2011. I am very happy to celebrate this occasion as my blog started sofar one year completed. Thanks for reading. I welcome your suggestions to improve my blog further. Thank you!

  • JCL: Sysin DD* and SYSIN DD DATA

    Here is sample JCL of SYSIN card with DD* and DD DATA. Here, I have shared with example when to use these two.

  • IMS- ACB(Access control block)

    IMS™ builds the ACB with the ACBGEN utility by merging information from the PSB and DBD. For execution in a batch environment, IMS can build ACBs either dynamically (PARM=DLI), or it can prebuild them using the ACB Maintenance utility (PARM=DBB). ACB Lib ACBs must be prebuilt for use by online application programs. ACBs cannot be prebuilt for GSAM DBDs. However, ACBs can be prebuilt for PSBs that reference GSAM…

  • COBOL – How to Use ‘ CANCEL’

    Global, External, Initial what is the difference in COBOL

  • DB2- Date, Time, Timestamp

    The beautiful examples of DB2 Date, Time and Timesatmp and how to use Sysdummy1 table in DB2. Really good to read and you can use in your code directly.

  • Why is IMS DB popular? Here are the Real Reasons

    The IMS database management system (DBMS) implements the hierarchical model tree structure to organize the collection of records in a one-to-many entity relationship data model.

  • IMSDB Tricky Proc Options GO, N, E, T Explained

    DURING PCB GENERATION, below are the top five PROCOPT parameters you can use – read segments in the hierarchy or update segments, etc. Top Proc Options. G – Your program can read segments. R – Your program can read and replace segments. I – Your program can insert segments. D – Your program can read…

  • Mainframe funda that All You Need

    IBM officials said 1,067 schools worldwide are recognizing the vast number of job opportunities available in enterprise computing and the importance of teaching students key systems technology like the IBM System z mainframe