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Exploring IBM Technology, Products & Services

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Key e-business software products that help businesses thrive on the Internet

MVS I/O Subsystems: Configuration Management and Performance Analysis (J Ranade Ibm Series)

Gilbert E. Houtekamer, H. Pat Artis

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Guidelines for making performance and cost trade-offs in MVS I/O subsystem designs. Readers will find explanations of design alternatives, measurement techniques for identifying problems in existing configurations, and modeling techniques that can be used to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of possible alternatives.

Database Design and Programming for DB2/400

Paul Conte

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Paul Conte, a leading DB2/400 authority with extensive application development experience, provides easy-to-follow instruction in the proper way to create efficient, flexible databases on the AS/400. His explanations and advice assure that you'll handle your design and coding challenges with confidence and professional-level techniques. This book provides complete coverage of both DDS, the traditional approach to defining DB2/400 files, and of SQL/400, the industry-standard database language that is IBM's strategic language for the future of DB2/400. With this text, you can be sure of handling not only existing application databases, but also developing new SQL/400 databases. These skills will put you in the forefront of AS/400 application developers. Database Design and Programming for DB2/400 also provides an excellent introduction to practical database design techniques. You get a solid introduction to the relational database model, which underlies the whole DB! 2/400 architecture and the SQL language. On that foundation, the book explains a step-by-step method of modeling an organization's database requirements and developing a design for the necessary database files. The text is designed for college-level courses and for independent study. Each chapter has numerous examples and exercises. The material is organized into four parts - DDS, database design, SQL, and advanced DB2/400 features - so you can focus on particular topics as needed. Appendices provide extensive reference material. You can use the book as your single DB2/400 resource, eliminating the need for many IBM manuals. You will find Database Design and Programming for DB2/400 immediately useful, whether you're just beginning to learn DB2/400 or you are an experienced developer. You will turn to this book time and time again for advice on the best way to design and program DB2/400 databases.

Pairwise Independence and Derandomization (Foundations and Trends(R) in Theoretical Computer Science)

Michael Luby, Avi Wigderson

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IBM System i APIs at Work

Bruce Vining, Doug Pence, Ron Hawkins

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Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are powerful, built-in tools used to solve business problems. Many System i programmers, however, do not have a working knowledge of the APIs available within i5/OS. Worse still, programmers who are familiar with the use of APIs may not be taking full advantage of the APIs and processing techniques available to them.



In this book, author and noted IBM API expert Bruce Vining is your guide to making sense, and effectively mastering, the wide variety of APIs available with System i. Each chapter is full of real business-world examples that you can modify and use in your own environment.



In recent years, the business programmer has had to integrate applications—often from different operating systems and programming platforms—using different languages to integrate business rules and requirements. APIs allow you to gain access to the underlying structure of an application. With this book you will soon realize that APIs are among the most powerful tools in your toolbox.



New for this edition:



• New chapters covering topics such as exit point concepts, Integrated File System, date and time, cryptographic services, TCP/IP, and more



• Sorting, character data conversion, and user application information



• APIs are covered in depth



• Fully updated code on previous APIs to bring them up to newer standards



• Updates to API changes since the previous edition



• Modernized RPG code to demonstrate current coding style



• An Appendix with COBOL examples and implementation including API equivalents for RPG support of memory management, bit testing, edit words, and more



• Check Your Knowledge tasks at the conclusion of each chapter with solutions provided in RPG and COBOL Write client and server applications that enable your System i to communicate



with other systems, such as PCs, using sockets

CICS: A Guide to Internal Structure (The Wiley-Qed Mainframe)

Eugene S. Hudders

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The most comprehensive and useful CICS handbook available anywhere...

This comprehensive handbook offers systems programmers the inside story on the internal structure of CICS--information you won't find in the official manuals, information that was previously available only through expensive classes. You will learn how the major CICS components, tables, and control blocks interact and how to use this knowledge to diagnose and solve performance problems, reduce down-time, and make your system run the way the sales rep said it would.

CICS expert Eugene S. Hudders covers all versions of mainframe CICS: CICS/VS, CICS/MVS, CICS/ESA, and CICS/VSE. His extensive coverage of CICS/ESA (version 3) is not currently available from any other source, and the figures used to support that coverage are unique to this book. Every chapter is supplemented with numerous figures to illustrate and clarify the concepts presented. Hudders's nuts-and-bolts approach to often complex issues stresses practical considerations to help systems managers streamline the technical support function. Topics covered include:
* Major CICS control blocks and chains
* Storage, task, program, and file control programs
* Table management program
* Terminal control program, temporary storage, and transient data
* CICS/ESA domains, including kernel domain, dispatcher domain, loader domain, and others
* Transaction manager program and storage manager
* And much more

AS/400® Professional System Operator Certification Study Guide

Steve Murray

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Excellent study guide 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is the best study guide out their for iSeries Command Operations certification. I have got this guide and in a couple of days I sat for the iSeries certification exam, I passed with a score of 88%. You should note that this guide was my only resource on the iSeries but I also had a little background of the iSeries system from my work experience. My colleague also used it and he has passed the test with a score of 83%.

I do recommend this Study Guide if you are interested in sitting for the iSeries Command Operations certification exam and if you are already have a background of the iSeries system. If you are only interested in general understanding of the iSeries system then maybe you will find better guides out there to help you in understanding the iSeries as this book is geared into preparing you for the iSeries certification exam.

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Offering a fast and easy way to learn advanced AS/400 operations concepts and prepare for IBM's test 000-053 (AS/400 Professional System Operator), this book takes basic- to intermediate-level AS400 operators through all of the aspects of AS/400 operations required to pass the 000-053. It serves both as a study guide in preparation for the certification and as an excellent operator training text. Users learn the necessary concepts of advanced operations through a step-by-step tutorial on each topic followed by hands-on lab exercises that will reinforce what was learned in the text. This certification study guide is the second in the operator's certification series.

Dos/VSE JCL

Steve Eckols, Michele Milnes

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Master DOS/VSE JCL in a week & Enjoy 4 out of 5 stars.
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Steve Eckols has taught DOS/VSE JCL in a very absorbing story telling manner. You can read this book fast, and if you are conversant with MVS JCL already, you would not miss the important tips for writing good JCL nor you would overlook the pitfalls that make your JCLs fail. I am still looking for ways to use the MVS concept of using a member of a partitioned data set [PDS] - say for compiling a member of a PDS, containing a number of source modules. I request Steve to include that in this book and send me a email.
I do not have access to a VSE environment right now, but I consider myself fully prepared to work in the VSE environment of my client after I have gone through 60% of this book.
Enjoy & learn VSE/JCL with POWER and ICCF.

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This book was the all-time bestselling VSE JCL book when VSE was more widely used than it is today. Since its publication, VSE has been enhanced, but this book still provides a useful grounding in VSE.

MVS TSO/ISPF: A Guide for Users and Developers (IBM McGraw-Hill Series)

Kurt Bosler

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Good to startup with but need to add more punch for techies 3 out of 5 stars.
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This book is a good source for beginners who wants learn to manipulate the files and use simple TSO commands in MVS/TSO area. Illustration with screen samples are superb. As a guide for developers, I did not find the author handling the subject in depth.

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This book explains the two major mainframe interface products, showing how to use MVS Time-Sharing Option(TSO) and Interactive System Production Facility (ISPF) to create and store data, print documents, and perform data management functions. Also included are easy-to-use guidelines to help programmers process source languages, execute and track jobs, and test dialog management functions. The guide provides scores of examples of actual screens along with explanations of typical entry sequences to illustrate how to use TSO and ISPF features. It includes the latest product features and provides readers with dozens of time-saving techniques.

Essentials of Subfile Programming and Advanced Topics in Rpg

Phil Levinson

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Today programs and systems are increasingly screen-based and interactive. Subfiles are the AS/400 tool that lets you display lists of data on the screen for user interaction. Your knowledge of subfiles will increase your marketability and prepare you to move to the next level with confidence. Essentials of Subfile Programming and Advanced Topics in RPG teaches you to design and program subfiles, offering step-by-step instructions and real-world programming exercises that build from chapter to chapter. You’ll learn to design and create subfile records; load, clear, and display subfiles; develop display-file code and RPG code for interactive file maintenance; create pop-up windows for user interaction; and support users with advanced prompting features and Help screens. The book will further help you link RPG programs and database files, including using the record format level identifier and the OVRDBF (Override with Database File) and OPNQRYF (Open Query File) comm! ands; mine the rich store of data in the file-information and program-status data structures; handle errors, including using the *PSSR subroutine, the INFSR keyword and LO indicators, error messages, and error logs; improve data integrity by using journaling and commitment control; and manage program-to-program communications, especially via the power of AS/400 data queues. Three useful appendices cover issues of programming standards and style, testing and debugging programs, and using Screen Design Aid (SDA).