>From this and the other postings, I would have to say the failure is data related, not JCL.
That is, you are going to have to approach this as a program bug. When the results are unpredictable, that includes test that appear to be successful. Not knowing anything about the program, the messages look to point to an input routine. Perhaps a read past end of file, a read of a file that did not open correctly, a too large/small record, a bogus record, or some such. But nothing to point to problems with the JCL. Sorry. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Pelletier Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PROTECTION EXCEPTION 0C4 - Job Doesn't Work When &&Dataset Used This is all I found: IEF450I TRAM1SFA STEP02 - ABEND=S0C4 U0000 REASON=00000004 CEE3204S The system detected a protection exception (System Completion Code=0C4) From entry point EAFile::readNextLine() at compile unit offset +0000008 CEE3DMP V2 R10.0: Condition processing resulted in the unhandled condition. CEE3204S The system detected a protection exception (System Completion Code=0C4) From entry point EAFile::readNextLine() at compile unit offset +0000008 CEE3DMP V2 R10.0: Condition processing resulted in the unhandled condition. Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Connecticut 860-257-4001 X382 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

