Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-25 Thread Ed Gould
On Jun 25, 2005, at 8:03 AM, Stephen McColley wrote: It wasn't 10 years ago, it was more like 15 or 20, I remember doing a system upgrade almost 20 years ago now, pre-xa anyway when we got clobbered with a new set of abends that all turned out to be programs not closing the dcb's before ending.

Re: CLOSING of files OPEN at program exit. Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/23/2005 at 11:04 AM, Rolf Ernst [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: the question is to which lengths COBOL goes to determine which files were opened. No, the question is to what lengths a program should go in an attempt to work around a broken subroutine; the issue would be

Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In !~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACABgA9al6NfmUnEOS37fVfUZGYeKQ8Op/[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/22/2005 at 03:55 PM, Lizette Koehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If my old addled brain is thinking correctly, I believe over 10 years ago IBM decided to no longer be nice to programs

CLOSING of files OPEN at program exit. Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-23 Thread Clark Morris
On 22 Jun 2005 15:56:11 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: If my old addled brain is thinking correctly, I believe over 10 years ago IBM decided to no longer be nice to programs and require that all programs close any files they open. And if they did not close them, the system would then

Re: CLOSING of files OPEN at program exit. Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... Since you indicated the files were opened (and not closed) by a BAL subroutine, the COBOL code may not even be aware of it. ... My Mother used to say: You use it; you clean it. Put it back where you got it from. Always wear clean underwear, in case you get hit by a bus. The point is: A

Re: CLOSING of files OPEN at program exit. Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-23 Thread Mike Bell
The origional statement was that a different program calling the subroutine didn't have the abend. If the different program was also ASM and didn't clean up modules loaded or was linked as a static call, then the storage would still be available for the system to close the ACB. sort of an

Re: CLOSING of files OPEN at program exit. Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-23 Thread Clark Morris
On 23 Jun 2005 09:04:13 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: Clark, the question is to which lengths COBOL goes to determine which files were opened. Since you indicated the files were opened (and not closed) by a BAL subroutine, the COBOL code may not even be aware of it. It does take

Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-22 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/22/2005 at 12:11 PM, Kok, Howi [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm not sure if I should post this in this list. Yes; it's the most appropriate list for your question. I'm not sure if I should post this in this list. Anyway, I hope some of you can help me out. We have a

Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-22 Thread Lizette Koehler
If my old addled brain is thinking correctly, I believe over 10 years ago IBM decided to no longer be nice to programs and require that all programs close any files they open. And if they did not close them, the system would then issue a SC03 abend. Or am I getting too forgetful??? Lizette

Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-22 Thread Charles Mills
: Help on SC03 abend If my old addled brain is thinking correctly, I believe over 10 years ago IBM decided to no longer be nice to programs and require that all programs close any files they open. And if they did not close them, the system would then issue a SC03 abend. Or am I getting too