On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:32:29 -0600, Frank Swarbrick <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a very basic one to complain about: > >DFS0929I BLDL FAILED FOR MEMBER --DDMPPSZ > >This really means that the specified PSB DDMPPSZ is not in the >specified IMS library. Why can't it just say that? As an application > programmer do I really need to know that BLDL means, well, >whatever it means? >... I think this is a pretty common example of an error message saying "what" rather than "why". Maybe it was written by a coder that had no idea why the BLDL was issued or a developer who was just too close too close to the code. It's accurate but not helpful. But I doubt this is much more common now than in the past. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
