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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...

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Message layout by metadata class support and message field set- and get-method support for IMS Entprise Suite Connect API

The IMS Java Dependent Regions (JDR) Resource Adapter supports a simple way to specify the layout of input and output messages by a Java metadata class. Defining such a layout enables a Java transaction program to easily - get values from specific...
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 2 Not under consideration

Deletion of IMS resource definitions on AUTOEXPORT to the IMS repository

IBM has announced AUTOEXPORT feature for the IMS repository as part of the new functions of IMS version 14. AUTOEXPORT will be only supported for new and updated resource definitions but not for deletions. To delete a resource from the repository ...
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

IMS DBD statements DFSCASE/DFSMAP: Supporting same field in different mappings

With the introduction of the IMS Catalog in version 12 DBD statements for COBOL copybook and PL/I include information were introduced. This enrichment of DBDs allows to store these information within the IMS Catalog. DFSCASE and DFSMAP are used to...
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Symbolic variable in filter for MVS files

We are currently are using RDz 9.1.1. I would like to be able to create a global workspace so various users at our enterprise can use it.In that workspace, would I like to be able to create (MVS Files) filters with user id as a part of the filter....
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

[Tous clients]Problème de colorisation du source sur tag de fin de fonction avec édtieur cobol pdp

Hello,into a specific sub-function (created after migration from Pacbase to RPP), it there is at least one statement coming from a macrostructure, the end-label of the function is colored as a macro-line (that is wrong).The request is to correct t...
over 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Is a defect

Add CICS API command to return BEAR (SDWABEA) to abend exit

Would like a EXEC CICS ASSIGN operand that retrieves the BEAR (Breaking Event Address Register) obtained from SDWABEA for analysis by the EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND program after an ASRA abend.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

OWNER option on ECB Create type macro & functin calls

When issuing a create type macro SWISC, CREMC, CREDC, etc, an option is needed to define the ownership ID of the child ECB.This enhancement allows the user to account resource usage by parent and child ECB using independent resource "buckets" in Z...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

set different timeout for DPL to different target region

set different timeout for DPL to different target region
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Business Events to allow Queue Alias for EVSPEC dispatch queue name

See conversations in PMR 60471,004,000The support we are asking for was in BEVM (monitor program) to include an MQ inquire on the Dispatch Adapter Queue name, to 1) insure it's a Local queue2) If not use the Target queue name of the ALIAS instead....
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Suppress API's for the database access (DB2, IMS/DB) via CEDF

If an application should be debugged with CEDF and frequent database accesses are uninteresting, it would be helpful to exclude DB2 and IMS/DB access API's from the CEDF stops.--- Important: No general suppress is necessary. Only as a request with...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration