I would suggest that you read up on EXECIO * DISKW and stems You will figure it out if you look at the file that got the E37
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:21:18 -0400 George Shedlock <geo...@shedlock.org> wrote: :>Gentle Listers; :> :>I am trying to write a Rexx routine that takes in 3 arguments. First is DSN, second is Member name, third is a string of text. The string of text is the concatenation of lines delimited by a ";". (ex. "line1;line2;line3"). :> :>This code fails: :> :>Write_Member: :> MyDSN = ARG(1) :> MyMember = ARG(2) :> MyArg = ARG(3) :> outstem.=0 :> dsnname = MyDSN || '(' || MyMember || ')' :> Say 'The dsname is: {'dsnname'}' :> do forever :> parse var MyArg thisword ';' MyArg :> if thisword='' then leave :> thisword = Left(thisword,80) :> parse value outstem.0+1 thisword with t outstem.t =1 outstem.0 . :> end :> Say 'Number of lines written: 'outstem.0 :> "ALLOC DA('"dsnname"') F(Pdsout) OLD REUSE" :> "EXECIO * DISKW Pdsout (STEM outstem. FINIS" :> "FREE F(Pdsout)" :> Return :> :>Failure: :> :>The dsname is: :HLQ.TEST(MEM3): :>Number of lines written: 3 :>ACC20210-A ADDVOL FOR DD=PDSOUT DSN=HLQ.TEST VOL=S92248 POOL=TSOPOOL EXT=16 :>ACC20628-A DATA SET IS PARTITIONED :>System abend code E37, reason code 00000004. :>Abend in host command EXECIO or address environment routine TSO. :>EXECIO error while trying to GET or PUT a record. :> :>This code works: :> :>Write_Member: :> MyDSN = ARG(1) :> MyMember = ARG(2) :> MyArg = ARG(3) :> outstem.=0 :> dsnname = MyDSN || '(' || MyMember || ')' :> Say 'The dsname is: {'dsnname'}' :> "ALLOC FI(PDS) DA('"dsnname"') OLD reuse" :> do forever :> parse var MyArg thisword ';' MyArg :> if thisword='' then leave :> thisword = Left(thisword,80) :> parse value outstem.0+1 thisword with t outstem.t =1 outstem.0 . :> PUSH thisword :> "EXECIO 1 DISKW PDS " :> end :> "EXECIO 0 DISKW PDS (FINIS" :> Say 'Number of lines written: 'outstem.0 :> "FREE FI(PDS)" :> Return :> :>The objective is to pass a stem for the third argument. :> :>Any suggestions on how to use the Execio with the stem value? :> :>Show me the error of my ways. :> :>George :> :> :> :> :> :>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, :>send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN