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I found in one of the jcl, gdg version being mentioned as : abc.def.ghi(-0) Can anyone tell me how referring the version as (-0) is different from referring it as (0)

2 6535

not all command typed on command line are cl command? true r false

3 7182

if &var='good++++' &var2='day' &var *cat &var2 &var1 *tcat &var2 what is output

2 5213

what is the command to rtrieve system date? options:1.rtvsysval 2.rtvjoba 3.rtvjobd 4.both a and b

5 14218

what is the use of CPYFRMQRYF?

4 12320

function of DSPPGMREF?

3 9501

what is pointer error in rpg IV?

CTS,

4 16351

How is it possible to do a cross-sysplex copy of a PDS dataset by running one JCL on the target sysplex? I tried to use IEBCOPY with SUBSYS & CSM as follows: //CSMTRAN1 EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSUT1 DD DSN=PDS-Dataset-name-from,DISP=SHR, // SUBSYS=(CSM,'SYSPLEXNAME-FROM') //SYSUT2 DD DSN=PDS-Dataset-name-to,DISP=OLD, // SUBSYS=(CSM,SYSPLEXNAME-TO') //SYSIN DD DUMMY This did not work. I always get the following error "IEB1071E DD NAME SYSUT1 IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARTITIONED DATA SET BUT IT HAS NO DIRECTORY. EXPECT A TERMINAL I/O ERROR. (DS1LSTAR=X'000000' DS1DSORG=X'0000' JFCDSORG=X'0200') " The source dataset is a catalogued pds dataset with many entries. The target dataset is allocated in the same job some lines before the transfer. I got an example like this for PS datasets with IEBGENER. But for PO datasets there should be a similar possibility...

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How many Printer Files can Declare in a CL Program?

4 15637

How many MONMSG commands can declare in a CL program?

3 13474

Can you use multi format LF in CL program?

2 8515

Can you search give an array in the WHERE clause of a db2 query?

1 6650

How to declare the length of emp no in the physilcal file and the mandatory length is 6 i.e. Emp No should be numeric, mandatory and fill all the 6 places

2 6691

i have two pfs it contains "Status" fields in the same name "status in both the pf's...But i used the same name in display file...when i enter a status thru disp file it willbe added to pf1...so i want to rename "Staus " field in pf2 through program...............wat will do..give coding?

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5 10754

How can we make use of SETLL operation in CL?

11 28384

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what is the function of cpysplf command?

1696

What is the meaning of a (new, catalog, keep) disposition mean?

1120

What are steplib and joblib?

1174

What is the difference between SEND MAP DATAONLY and SEND MAP MAPONLY ?

1256

What are declaratives and what are their uses in cobol?

1205

Can you define aica abend?

1161

what is the purpose of ovrdta and ovrata keywords ?

1517

what are the different methods to access seu?

1105

Can you define mapset?

1050

What is drda ?

1124

Difference between array and sub-script ?

1669

in which specification the report layout can be defined?

1639

What is the interactive job? What is the batch job?

1045

when are the unique constraints executed?

1133

What is the function of dd name parameter with a 2 part structure; audit.report?

1250

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