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by MikeL
Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:00 pm
Forum: JCL
Topic: Can I loop a step?
Replies: 0
Views: 4775

Can I loop a step?

We have a job that frequently crashes in a step because of a database lock (it runs when CICS is active). Is there a way to test the return code and if is is equal to a certain value (I can set that in the program) then retry the step? Ideally, retry it in xx seconds.
by MikeL
Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:48 pm
Forum: ENDEVOR, COOLGEN , PANVALET and CA-7
Topic: CA-7 scheduling help
Replies: 0
Views: 27036

CA-7 scheduling help

Don't know if this can be done in CA-7, anyone have a suggestion? We have a job that kicks off based and the presence of a dataset. The job in turn kicks of the OnDemand product to import the contents of the dataset. The problem is that the dataset has started being created during the downtime of On...
by MikeL
Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:23 pm
Forum: JCL
Topic: JCL Error
Replies: 1
Views: 4552

Found the problem, our tech support group didn't set the proc up properly, missed some of the parms.
by MikeL
Thu Dec 03, 2015 5:45 pm
Forum: JCL
Topic: JCL Error
Replies: 1
Views: 4552

JCL Error

Not sure if this is the right place, but didn't see a Web Services forum. Up until now our web services have been driven by the web side, with them providing the WSDL that we execute DFHWS2LS to create the cobol copybooks. This time we are driving the web side and need to execute DFHLS2WS to turn th...
by MikeL
Sat Aug 17, 2013 4:30 am
Forum: ASSEMBLER
Topic: Instruction timings
Replies: 1
Views: 5220

Instruction timings

In the old days IBM published an Assembler Data Card that listed all of the BAL instructions, along with their cycle times. Does anyone know if there is something similar for the ZOS system?
by MikeL
Sat Aug 17, 2013 1:35 am
Forum: ASSEMBLER
Topic: Bit of help with code
Replies: 3
Views: 6981

Yes and no. There is other processing, even more time consuming that this. I was going to post that snippet next for help. But I wanted to go at it one function at a time. I don't know what portion of the 11 seconds is in this vs the other function, I imagine this is 1/3 of that time. The second fun...
by MikeL
Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:44 pm
Forum: ASSEMBLER
Topic: Bit of help with code
Replies: 3
Views: 6981

Bit of help with code

I haven't coded assembler, much, since I was a systems programmer back in the 80's, so I'm not familiar with the new z-os instructions. I have a task that I coded to process an XML stream being sent through MQ. One of the segments of the program is to parse the data stream, looking for characters th...