>From my personal opinion (I'm a z/OS sysprog), I would welcome a proficient >programmer to use SDSF REXX to accomplish their job. The problem that I have >run in to in the past is when a truly excellent application programmer does >this, !!and it get put into production!!. I often get saddled with supporting >it after they leave because "nobody else understands it! It is critical >production and we can't support it any more." And they can't train anybody >else because they are too busy or, in some cases, they just don't want to >bother with anything other than COBOL and EasyTrieve because "it's hard!".
It is the same reason my manager is adamant about not implementing exits in products and z/OS itself. Maintenance is a bother. And fewer people understand how to do it. More of the dumbing down (and cheapening) of the American Worker. The book and where to start reading is here: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ISF4CSA0/13.0 -- Good luck to you. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Al Chu > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 1:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: REXX Calling SDSF abend 878-10 > > Hi > > I am an application programmer, not zOS sysprog. I don't know > details about > the SDSF Rexx. I wonder if it is a tool for application programmers. > What I want to do is to scan some job's output at a certain > time of day for > a message string and perform some other application process > depending on the > result. > Thanks for your advice. I will have a look at the redbook. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Monday, 16 January 2012 3:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: REXX Calling SDSF abend 878-10 > > > Hi > > > > I have a rexx calling SDSF using the following statement; > > > > "CALL *(SDSF) " > > > > As I run the rexx code several times in the same tso > session, the rexx > abends with > > S878-10 and no longer can run until recycling my TSO session. > > I suspect the SDSF program didn't freemain the storage it > acquired when it > returned > > the control back to the caller. > > Is this a limitation or is there a way to get around it? > > > > Could anyone help. > > thanks in advance. > > > > Al > > Why are you calling SDSF? If you are on the correct level > of z/OS (z/OS > V1.9 and above) you can use the SDSF REXX interface. > > Please provide level of z/OS you are running. > > Also, look at this link on SDSF REXX > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247419.html > > > Lizette > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
