Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
David Crayford wrote: >It can be a hard sell to convince management to introduce new >languages/runtimes into production environments which will >need to be supported. OK, but this one (Java in CICS) celebrated its 23rd birthday earlier this year. According to Tiobe, Java is the world's most popul

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-15 Thread Edgington, Jerry
Agreed. But, not only to add, but to remove, as well. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Friday, November 15, 2019 7:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program On 2019-11-15 4

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-15 Thread David Crayford
On 2019-11-15 4:57 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: In any case I don't think adding Java to our environment, where Java is not currently be using by "user applications", is a good way to go. Why on earth not? It can be a hard sell to convince management to introduce new languages/runtimes into pro

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
Frank Swarbrick wrote: >In my case the requirement for a UUID is from a CICS program. >It is my understanding that OO COBOL is not supported under CICS. OK. >Can Java applications be called by CICS programs using EXEC CICS >LINK? Yes, of course. It can be a Java Standard Edition (JSE) program ru

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-14 Thread Frank Swarbrick
n behalf of Timothy Sipples Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2019 12:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program Frank Swarbrick wrote: >The SWIFT payments network has a field called the UETR >(Unique End-to-end Transaction Reference),

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-14 Thread David Crayford
You can see the Java code implementation here https://github.com/openjdk-mirror/jdk7u-jdk/blob/master/src/share/classes/java/util/UUID.java. On 2019-11-14 3:15 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: Frank Swarbrick wrote: The SWIFT payments network has a field called the UETR (Unique End-to-end Transac

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
Frank Swarbrick wrote: >The SWIFT payments network has a field called the UETR >(Unique End-to-end Transaction Reference), which is a >Version 4 UUID. Will the new Enterprise COBOL feature >be able to generate a Version 4 UUID? You can already generate version 4 UUIDs via INVOKE to a small -- rea

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-13 Thread Frank Swarbrick
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Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-08 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
the COBOL intrinsic function as an invocation of a new underlying callable LE function? Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Ross Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 1:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How can I generate a UUID in a

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-08 Thread Tom Ross
We (IBM COBOL development) have accepted an RFE to add this capability of genrating a UUID via a new Intrinsic Function, it should be available early next year. Cheers, TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << ---

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
To net it out, thanks again to Walmart (and to the specific authors at Walmart) for creating and sharing this code. Bravo. Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & Li

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-04 Thread Jim Ruddy
I used to be on one of the IBM Invention Development Teams and the rules on patents changed a few years ago. Prior to the change, the protection date was date of invention. After the change, it became the patent filling date. If you publish anything about the patent you intend to file, anyone can t

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-04 Thread Tony Harminc
On Sun, 3 Nov 2019 at 20:31, Timothy Sipples wrote: > Matt Hogstrom wrote: > >https://github.com/walmartlabs/zUID > >Courtesy of Walmart > > Tony Harminc wrote: > >Wouldn't want to bump into that pending patent from Walmart... > > Walmart licensed the code they're sharing under the Apache License

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
Matt Hogstrom wrote: >https://github.com/walmartlabs/zUID >Courtesy of Walmart Tony Harminc wrote: >Wouldn't want to bump into that pending patent >from Walmart... Walmart licensed the code they're sharing under the Apache License 2.0: https://github.com/walmartlabs/zUID/blob/master/LICENSE Quo

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-01 Thread Charles Mills
generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program Most excellent! New Fed Wire rules will require a UUID for an upcoming version, so this is very good news. I do kind of question the need for language specific methods, though. Couldn't an LE service be developed for use by all languages? Either way, I

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-01 Thread Tony Harminc
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 at 16:15, Allan Kielstra wrote: > > We're actually working on generating UUID directly from COBOL. I would > expect to see it in V6.2 and V6.3 in a continuous > delivery PTF fairly soon. We'll post more information when it does become > available. Wouldn't want to bump into

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-01 Thread Frank Swarbrick
to it. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Allan Kielstra Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 2:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program We're actually working on generating UUID directly from COBOL. I would

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-11-01 Thread Allan Kielstra
We're actually working on generating UUID directly from COBOL. I would expect to see it in V6.2 and V6.3 in a continuous delivery PTF fairly soon. We'll post more information when it does become available. -- For IBM-MAIN subs

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-10-31 Thread Matt Hogstrom
MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Cameron Conacher > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:40 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program > > Hello folks, > I Have done some googling, and I found something called GETITXUID. > &

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-10-31 Thread Charles Mills
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cameron Conacher Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program Hello folks, I Have done some googling

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-10-31 Thread Charles Mills
AIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bernd Oppolzer Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 3:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program The tricky bit here is: the UUID consists of a timestamp part and a machine specific part, and, with mainframes, this mach

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-10-31 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
ed as such. Easy to convert, but sloppy IMHO.) Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cameron Conacher Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: How can I generate a UUID in a

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-10-31 Thread Charles Mills
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cameron Conacher Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program Hello folks, I Have done some googling, and I found something

Re: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-10-31 Thread Charles Mills
Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cameron Conacher Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program Hello folks, I Have done some googling, and I found something called GETITXUID. I think

How can I generate a UUID in a z/OS COBOL Program

2019-10-31 Thread Cameron Conacher
Hello folks, I Have done some googling, and I found something called GETITXUID. I think this might satisfy my needs. Has anyone used this? Or know of a more appropriate way to derive a UUID? Can I just code CALL GETITXUID()? I just want to be able to generate a UUID from inside a COBOL program r