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Combine 01's when creating A CIS WS

1. Combine mulitple 01's when using CICS as a WS provider2. Create a standard parser when required to use RDz
over 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 5 Delivered

Debug console lost data when a cpu session time exception occurs

If I am doing "set auto on" or have breakpoint information int he debug console, this information can be used to help know where I was in the program being debugged. I hit a cpu session time out exception and all the data from the debug console wa...
over 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Date and Timestamps

Currently all sampled attributes do not display the date and time they were sampled this is reflected in situations also. Please can the code change be changed so ALL date and timestamps are always shown in workspaces and situations
almost 8 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Messaging on z/OS 2 Delivered

ROLLING RECYLE with PREPARE MOVE=NO lead to an application outage

PREPARE MOVE is working in two different areas. The first one is the way it during a MOVE process and the second during the ROLLING RECYCLE. In the MOVE process the option is working as expected. In the ROLLING RECYCLE the process is working diffe...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Delivered

BETWEEN operator with the possibility of semi-exclusive

In V4R5 PL1, it would be interesting to do the operationwithout the equal operator.
over 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

provide a compiler option to convert an assignment of float to fixed dec(p,p) into an assignment of just the fractional part

provide a compiler option to convert an assignment of float to fixed dec(p,p) into an assignment of just the fractional part
over 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

INLIST with ARRAY

Giving the possibility to use the INLIST instruction with an array of string.
over 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

NULLSTRPTR mit NULL() oder mit SYSNULL() - memory leak

Description: When a structure with a null string ('') is initialized, then all fieldsof the structure will be initialized as well. Sample: POINTER fields will (with compiler option NULLSTRPTR) be filledwith NULL() or SYSNULL(). Such assignments ca...
about 12 years ago in PL/I Compilers 6 Delivered

Automated data validity checking for Packed Decimal items

IBM should provide a compiler option similar in function to ZoneCheck but for Packed Decimal items. This should check both the validity of data in the sign nibble (as compared to the item's Picture clause) and should also verify that all other nib...
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

Output files in the chunks of 128 kb getting created

While performing the batch execution we can see the XSOCFs (output files) are getting created in a correct way only during the complete batch execution. The issue seems to be arisen when during the long-run batch execution for which we can observe...
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered