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prasadplease
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Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Mumbai
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Hi all,
One more for all the mainframe gurus.
Every once in a while we stumble upon something we didn't know for a long time.
Which was your Wow...I Didn't know that!!! moment.
Note : Make sure that you are not talking about custom rexx/clist.
Prasad. |
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lonerusher
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Joined: 30 Nov 2010 Posts: 4 Location: India
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Everytime I get new assignment in Mainframes I always say "WOW ! I didn't know that".
but At end of every project they say you are mainframe expert  |
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prasadplease
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Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Mumbai
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lonerusher wrote: |
but At end of every project they say you are mainframe expert  |
How Modest!!!  |
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PeterHolland
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Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 2481 Location: Netherlands, Amstelveen
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something we didn't know for a long time
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How about the short time you knew about that something ? |
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expat
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Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 8796 Location: Welsh Wales
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prasadplease wrote: |
Every once in a while we stumble upon something we didn't know for a long time.
Which was your Wow...I Didn't know that!!! moment. |
Dunno, never had one  |
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Bill O'Boyle
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Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 2501 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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I can recall when I first saw the potential problems that could arise with the COBOL compile option NUMPROC(PFD), introduced with VS/COBOL II, especially when using it against data from an outside source.
The effects on addressing packed-decimal data are very subtle and its use must be 100% justified. Otherwise, the potential pitfalls can burn you.
IMHO, using the default NOPFD outweighs PFD.
Sometimes, you learn the hard way as we all have the opportunity to fail....
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enrico-sorichetti
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Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 10896 Location: italy
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At end of every project they say you are mainframe expert |
why complain...
once upon a time You were declared an expert as soon as You were able to order the relevant manuals  |
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dick scherrer
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Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 19243 Location: Inside the Matrix
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At end of every project they say you are mainframe expert |
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. . . |
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vasanthz
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Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 1747 Location: Tirupur, India
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I had this feeling Wow....I didn't know that!!! when I started reading "smart DFSORT tricks"
and the latest one is when I was trying to run mainframe jobs from blackberry mobile. Now im more lazier as i dont have to log in to submit jobs  |
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Pete Wilson
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Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 594 Location: London
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When a person reads a manual before asking me about something.
The rare occasion that Management a) listen b) understand c) make a decision based on merit rather than for their short term benefit.
Off-host/PC environments can work for a day without crashing
Security say 'yes' |
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