Yes, sir for sure the problem was very strange who uses a ID of RACF for a STC ....
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 8, 2012, at 11:05 PM, "Robert A. Rosenberg" <[email protected]> wrote: > At 13:52 -0700 on 06/08/2012, Scott Ford wrote about Re: Getmain question: > >> Very true, Robert, btw the Getmain worked..i will change the getmain >> for sure... > > I saw that you had spotted the problem as a field in a ACEE Control > Block. I was just pointing out that the wrong version of the GETMAIN > was being used since you wanted to handle a no-space condition not > just ABEND. Often when I open code to fix an error, I take the time > to fix coding type errors like this since it is a ticking time bomb > just waiting to happen. Some time if the code is not fixed you will > get a no-space condition and that ABEND if not fixed. I think it is > much better to get an error message than an ABEND when you know it is > possible to trap the error occurance. > >> Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com >> ________________________________ From: Robert A. Rosenberg >> <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, >> June 8, 2012 3:52 PM Subject: Re: Getmain question At 07:36 -0400 on >> 06/07/2012, Peter Relson wrote about Re: Getmain question: >The only >> time GETMAIN RU can have a non-0 RC is when CheckZeroRC=YES >> is >specified. >Thus, there is a *useful* return code for GETMAIN RU >> only when >CheckZeroRC=YES. >So GETMAIN RU has a "defined return >> code" of 0 but, as Binyamin wrote, >that is meaningless in this case >> since >for this invocation the R15 is always 0 upon return (as it >> abends if the >obtain fails). Since the code checks R15 and issues >> an error message for Non-Zero (ie: A failure) I wonder why not just >> go with GETMAIN RC (not RU) to avoid the ABEND since there is a >> failure trap test in the program. I know that is query is not about >> what went wrong but IMO it is something that should be addressed >> when the real reason is found and any needed coding changes are made.
