hi iam learning mainframes,can anybody tell me how to check JCL errors.(after submiting the JCL we have check in spool or is there any other method)

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I want to JCL sort for Non-COMP and COMP-3 fields SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,11,A,12,11,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS Length of comp bytes is 11 bytes which start at 6byte and 12 byte considering 11 bytes in comp-3 is 6 bytes. Can anyone tell if the above sort work SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,6,A,12,6,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS does not works OK

0 Answers   IBM,

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have in 100 records in a file i want to read first 3 records and skip next 3 records and agan i want to read 3 records and again i want to skip 3 records... run a loop from record one to 10 evaluate i/3 if comes even then skip else write to output file

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How to delete generations of gdg without deleting gdg base?

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What is the purpose of dd dummy statement?

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i have 1000 records in input file and i want to sort it and the first 200 records to be placed in output file. how to do that??

14 Answers   L&T,

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What is the function of //cntl statement?

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What is model dataset label(Model DSCB)?

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i have job card like this //job ***** //step1 exec pgm=iebgener //sysut1 dd dsn=main.sss,disp=shr // dd dsn=main1.sss,disp=shr // dd dsn=main2.sss,disp=shr //sysut2 dd dsn=out1.mmm ,disp=(new,catlg,delete) dcb=( ) // sysin dd * like this what i have to do to skip dsn=main1.sss please giveme answer asap

2 Answers   IBM, TetraSoft,

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what does mvs stand for?

1 Answers   IBM,

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i have records from 1 t0 100 . i need to open records from 10 to 18 and change the values in tht ? how can i do tht ?

2 Answers   Syntel,

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IN MY JCL I VE 8 STEPS I WANT TO EXCUTE STEP 8 FIRST THEN EXCUTE STEP 4 ,HOW WILL EXCUTE STEP 8 BEFORE STEP 4?

7 Answers   Cognizant, IBM, IGT,

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