To execute REXX faster

vidyaa · New User Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 36 Location: chennai

I've created a rexx routine to format an input file and the input file have 300,000 records so make not able to excute all at once
if so it gives me error message as "Machine storage exceeded"

So I split it into 50,000 records each and trying to format it, but this takes me lot of time to save more than half an hour and even more to complete
is there any way that I can make it faster.

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

Use something other than REXX.

vidyaa · New User Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 36 Location: chennai

but i have created the REXX for this will not be able to change now.

so any other possibility in REXX?

expat · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

What do you mean reformat the input file ?
Just selecting various fields from the file ? Please give more details.

vidyaa · New User Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 36 Location: chennai

i will have a copybook
A PIC x(10)
B PIC X(5)
my inout file will be
123%rf%
1234%refgg%
so i need to format this input file for the length specified in the copybook
and the output will be like

123 rf
1234 refgg

i did the rexx for this and its working fine my concerns is if i give more than 50000 records and try executing it online its taking more than a hour so is there any way to execute this fast

PeD · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

Rexx is not very good for I/O,- I mean is very bad - but in any case execute that program in batch mode, execept you want to drink coffees and coffees in front of your SYSTEM screen.

expat · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject:

PeD · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject:

No Martin.

Coffee machine is out of order !! and no more biscuits !!!!

Where are you?

expat · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

PeD, have messaged you offline.

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

vidyaa, I think the consensus is that if you're concerned about performance, REXX is not the way to go. If you're forced to stick with REXX, be prepared to wait for the processing to complete.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: Reply to: To execute REXX faster

if rexx is your only media,
swap the execio logic for allocate, get, put, (or whatever the read is) etc.....

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:30 am Post subject:

you want a process that is not restricted to file size.

So, read them one at a time,
the execio when you start reading mannnny records
(like this silliness that you have)
ends up spending a lot of time finding memory to hog from other services.
With the allocate you can control how much 'buffer' is being used.

superk · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:25 am Post subject: Reply to: To execute REXX faster

I'm curious, does anyone know? Would the file I/O times be better if you were to use the ISPF LMGET/LMPUT services instead of EXECIO?

vidyaa · New User Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 36 Location: chennai

Can any one please tell me how to execute this in the batch mode. i have 2 macro involved in the REXX

am using the below JCL but that gives me some abend like S322

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 176 Location: India

might help..

Add, Region, Time parms in your job card

just from quick reference...

322

Explanation: One of the following occurred:

o The system took a longer time to run a job, job step, or procedure
than the time specified in one of the following:

- The TIME parameter of the EXEC or JOB statement

- The standard time limit specified in the job entry subsystem

o For a started task under the master subsystem, the TIME parameter was
not specified on the PROC statement of the catalogued procedure, and
the PPT entry did not indicate a system task