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Post #132,265 by broomberg 12/24/03 9:36:42 PM Reply	REXX issues No mention of VSAM that I can find. It seems very proud to implement stream IO. Any ideas? [link\|http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/H1981605/CONTENTS?DT=20030825101721\|http://publibz.bould...DT=20030825101721]
Post #132,270 by deSitter 12/24/03 10:34:07 PM Reply	Re: REXX issues I'm certain that REXX has an includable library to handle any supported dataset format for that platform. You just have to indentify the library. Some looking reveals a way to use a tempfile and EXECIO for VSAM access without a library, and that the library needed is RXVSAM: [link\|http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gsf/tools/tsovsam.html\|http://mywebpages.co...ools/tsovsam.html] The advantages of REXX over COBOL, particularly for a Perler, make dealing with these headaches worth it, IMO. -drl
Post #132,271 by deSitter 12/24/03 10:35:59 PM Reply	Where to get RXVSAM [link\|http://www.cbttape.org/\|http://www.cbttape.org/] MVS freeware. -drl
Post #132,292 by broomberg 12/25/03 11:55:11 AM Reply	Thanks Good links. For immediate productivity I'm going to try to use SAS for it. Then as I need a real language I'll move to either PL/I or REXX.

MF Language choices - (broomberg) - (29) - Dec. 24, 2003, 08:29:01 PM EST

Re: MF Language choices - (deSitter) - (9) - Dec. 24, 2003, 08:54:48 PM EST

How would I check for XEDIT? - (broomberg) - (4) - Dec. 24, 2003, 09:28:14 PM EST

tso %xedit dataset.name? no idea - (deSitter) - (2) - Dec. 24, 2003, 10:28:11 PM EST

No Xedit - (broomberg) - (1) - Dec. 25, 2003, 11:45:07 AM EST

ISPF can be very powerful. - (static) - Dec. 26, 2003, 06:33:19 AM EST

no XEDIT - (cforde) - Jan. 2, 2004, 01:59:55 AM EST

REXX issues - (broomberg) - (3) - Dec. 24, 2003, 09:36:42 PM EST

Re: REXX issues - (deSitter) - (2) - Dec. 24, 2003, 10:34:07 PM EST

Where to get RXVSAM - (deSitter) - Dec. 24, 2003, 10:35:59 PM EST

Thanks - (broomberg) - Dec. 25, 2003, 11:55:11 AM EST

Isn't there a modern version/update of QuickJob? - (tablizer) - Dec. 26, 2003, 10:28:09 PM EST

I know less about mainframes than you do but... - (ben_tilly) - (17) - Dec. 29, 2003, 11:11:22 PM EST

Yup. - (broomberg) - (16) - Dec. 30, 2003, 11:04:31 AM EST

Is it just me? - (drewk) - (15) - Dec. 30, 2003, 11:24:00 AM EST

It is not just you - (ben_tilly) - (9) - Dec. 30, 2003, 01:48:50 PM EST

It's both of you - (broomberg) - (8) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:12:27 PM EST

Not what threw me - (drewk) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:24:01 PM EST

How does it know where the blocks end? - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:42:13 PM EST

It doesn't - (broomberg) - (4) - Dec. 30, 2003, 05:01:35 PM EST

There must be SOME rule - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Dec. 30, 2003, 05:13:54 PM EST

Yup - (broomberg) - (2) - Dec. 30, 2003, 06:23:38 PM EST

So it nests blocks - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 30, 2003, 06:38:27 PM EST

Breaks a coding practice of mine - (broomberg) - Dec. 30, 2003, 08:27:04 PM EST

Re: How does it know where the blocks end? - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 30, 2003, 11:16:23 PM EST

I took it: - (folkert) - (4) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:10:33 PM EST

I wish - (broomberg) - (3) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:13:40 PM EST

Feels very old-fashioned. - (static) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2003, 07:44:28 AM EST

Hand code baby - (broomberg) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2003, 08:04:05 AM EST

... and I thought of that, too. - (static) - Dec. 31, 2003, 08:09:05 AM EST

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