> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 6:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SLIP trap for "wild branch"? > > > On 8/28/2006 2:38 PM, Chase, John wrote: > > From what is visible via CEDF, there aren't any errors from which to > > recover -- until the EXEC CICS ENDBR command that doesn't > exist in the > > program under examination, and it appears arrival there was > just "blind > > luck". Unfortunately I have no way of knowing how many > instructions are > > executed between the previous EXEC command and the "bogus" > ENDBR (I've > > "disassembled" only about 80 bytes worth of the code > following the last > > successful EXEC command so far, and found nothing amiss), > but the CEDF > > interval is not noticeably slower than the intervals > between other EXEC > > commands. > > That really does NOT sound like a wild branch. First, just as COBOL > programs would not usually look at PSA, they also usually do not take > wild branches. Second, a wild branch will give you an abend, not an > application that continues to run until it makes some request > CICS does > not understand. > > It sounds simply like an application error that occurs for > some reason > in only one of your CICS regions. You will probably need a detailed > trace of the application and support from the application vendor. > > Walt
This just occurred to me. Could the problem be an active EXEC CICS HANDLE condition from somewhere? The books says that the HANDLE CONDITION is deactivated upon an EXEC CICS LINK, but does not mention what happens with a COBOL dynamicly CALL'ed subroutine. So if routine A does a HANDLE CONDITION, then does a dynamic CALL to subroutine B which does not do a HANDLE CONDITION or use the appropriate RESP or NOHANDLE on its EXEC CICS commands, then if the condition occurs, I think you may end up back in routine A. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
