Patrick Lyon wrote:
List - I am having a terrible time finding an AMS messages and codes manual.
Didn't they incorporate that with SMS way back when?
We have a batch COBOL job that gets a return code of 90 when it attempts to
write a record to a VSAM file. The user indicates a 90 as an "unknown error".
I would like to see IBM's explanation of it.
Unfortunately there isn't any system messages produced in the job that
indicate a problem with the file to go off of.
Could someone be so kind to point me to the correct manual with VSAM return
codes?
Thanks in advance,
Patrick Lyon
First, I would look at the COBOL Programmers Guide chapter on
Processing VSAM Files, the section Handling Errors in VSAM files.
Here you will see you can specify 3 file status data items. Give
that a try. The second and third file status items correspond to
the under-the-covers VSAM values; add a DISPLAY of these items
after the write if file status is on 00
Second, go to the doc DFSMS Macro Instructions for Data Sets;
In Chapter 3, under the section Record Management Return and
Reason codes is where you find the values and their meanings,
such as they are.
Hope this helps.
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