>  I am now totally <elided> at the programmer. Who obvious is a <elided>.
>  The code in their program, on OPEN, tests for an RC of 00 or 92 (should
>  be 97). And then just unconditionally sets the VSAM return code to 90
>  and complains.
>
>  I'm not too happy with myself either. I actually __believed__ him
>  without double checking all the source myself. Not gonna do that again.
>
>

There may not be any deliberate deception involved.

Programmers will tell you what they coded, but what they *really* mean is:

"This is what I *think* I coded"  or  "This is what I *meant* to code".

RTFC is the only way to be sure.

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