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To: Hoatzin who wrote (8590)	12/30/1997 10:21:00 AM
From: Sultan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

Pretty Good Kevin. Nice to know that in the IBM/JCL/Batch world, things are as I remember them. I guess you will have enough work to keep you busy in our life-time.

To: Hoatzin who wrote (8590)	12/30/1997 12:41:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 13949

Kevin - Don't laugh, folks. Multiply this by a few hundred times, and this is pretty much how you get your bank statement and phone bill each month. Yea! Verily. This man speaketh the TRUTH!!! - David

To: Hoatzin who wrote (8590)	12/30/1997 1:19:00 PM
From: TEDennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

Kevin: Re: Meaningless PROC name "NTX592D0" I can help you with that one. "N" is the one character code for the application. In this case, it's Payroll ("P" was already taken for the "Query system", which had to use something other than "Q", which was already taken for the portfolio "Quotes" application). "T", of course, means "Test", implying that this is a testing procedure to be used for ad hoc validation of software changes. The "P"roduction procedure hasn't been fiddled with in years. "X" means this procedure is intended to run after 23 other procs with similar names (A-W). "592" means this is Version 5, Release 9, Mod 2 of this particular proc. Almost time for somebody to create Version 6, I guess. "D" means this job is intended to run during the "D"ay shift, and the "0" frequency means that it is only run by special request. So, good news ... payroll application, run on request ... it's bonus time! Too bad it's only a test. TED