Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-09 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Kirk Talman wrote: It came from a T shirt. Reminds me of a T-shirt I got from a family member who was at Kariba for holidays many many many years ago. On that stands: My friends went to Zimbabwe. All I got was this lousy T-shirt! That T-shirt is now serving as a rag to remove bugs (real bugs,

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-09 Thread Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US)
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 10:18 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Lizette Koehler kindly wrote: 1) LE Traps any abends - does some stuff

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-08 Thread Kirk Talman
From: Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.net Somewhat off topic, but if that was supposed to be German, it's wrong. I only have a rudimentary knowledge of Yiddish, but I believe it's wrong there, too. (Die) alte Kacker is the valid masculine plural. (Der) alter Kacker is the masculine

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-05 Thread Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US)
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 08:44 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend On 7/3/2013 5:10 AM, Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US) wrote: We have a production job that is abending with S0C7 reason

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-05 Thread Lizette Koehler
. Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US) Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 4:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Sorry

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-05 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Lizette Koehler kindly wrote: 1) LE Traps any abends - does some stuff, then returns control to the abend process Yes. By default as supplied by IBM. With TRAP(OFF) you get nasty side-effects according to LE diagnostic guide. Check the run-time options with RPTOPTS. Norma Mowry wrote: This

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 7/3/2013 12:11 PM, Kirk Talman wrote: As a certified alte kacker, I would like to comment on what this tells us about the state of mainframe IT. Somewhat off topic, but if that was supposed to be German, it's wrong. I only have a rudimentary knowledge of Yiddish, but I believe it's wrong

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Steve Comstock
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend In caajsdjjn4zk

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
S0C7 is the most simple cause of abend I can imagine. The only problem is to find the position in the program (that is: the source line) where the error occured. If you have this, you know the name of the variable causing the error, and the rest is a piece of cake. To get this, you need no

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Richard Pinion
B37s. --- bernd.oppol...@t-online.de wrote: From: Bernd Oppolzer bernd.oppol...@t-online.de To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 17:01:29 +0200 S0C7 is the most simple cause of abend I

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 17:01:29 +0200 S0C7 is the most simple cause of abend I can imagine. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread John Gilmore
Bernd has summarized this situation more than adequately. Norma Mowry did not provide us with full information about the COBOL compiler that produced the offending program, but if it is a fairly recent Enterprise COBOL compiler it would, given the right compiler options, almost certainly be

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Steve Comstock
...@t-online.de To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 17:01:29 +0200 S0C7 is the most simple cause of abend I can imagine

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Richard Pinion wrote: B37s. 222 is easier to handle ;-D Ok, perhaps 322, 722, 822 or 878 are also easy. 622 is somewhat difficult to explain to an angry TSO user, but manageable. My users don't like 722 for obvious reasons. I wonder why, oh, why? ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
If you have an LE Dump (CEEDUMP, CEESNAP), it's still easier, because LE gives you the traceback of the function or procedure calls, where you find all the information including the offsets I mentioned in my previous post, and you don't even need to do any calculations. If you compiled your

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Skip Robinson
Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com From: Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.net To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 07/03/2013 11:44 PM Subject:Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Sent by:IBM Mainframe

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 7/4/2013 1:43 PM, Skip Robinson wrote: Definite article 'der' changes adjective from marked masculine 'alter' to 'alte'. As opposed to indefinite article as in 'ein alter Mann'. That's why I put the definite articles in parenthesis. In Kirk's original post, he used the indefinite article,

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Ted MacNEIL
It's a bona fide US holiday, which trumps even Friday. I disagree. Many on the list are not Americans. You didn't hear any of we Canadians trumpeting our holiday on July 1st. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread zMan
Ted, that would be locality of reference. I suppose you'd complain if someone in Australia said It's Friday, because many on the list aren't Australian? Sheesh. Over-sensitive Canadians... On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: It's a bona fide US holiday, which

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread Ted MacNEIL
:30:43 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Ted, that would be locality of reference. I suppose you'd complain if someone in Australia said It's Friday, because many

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread zMan
- From: zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 16:30:43 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Sam Siegel
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US) norma.e.mowry@mail.mil wrote: We have a production job that is abending with S0C7 reason 0007. I set a slip to capture a dump but I can't seem to find the input record that is causing the S0C7 in this dump. I also have

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:10:18 + Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US) norma.e.mowry@mail.mil wrote: :We have a production job that is abending with S0C7 reason 0007. I set a slip to capture a dump but I can't seem to find the input record that is causing the S0C7 in this dump. I also

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread John Gilmore
The LE is clearly involved. It would help to know what language---COBOL?---this application was written in and to have a DCB for the input file that contains the offending record. You have provided too little information to enable anyone to help you. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Sambataro, Anthony (NIH/NBS) [E]
Would adding a CEEOPTS DD override work? I've never tried it but maybe? //CEEOPTS DD * TERMTHDACT(UAONLY) DYNDUMP(*USERID,DYNAMIC,TDUMP) -Original Message- From: Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US) [mailto:norma.e.mowry@mail.mil] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:10 AM To:

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread John McKown
Being old, I have occasionally turned off LE's abend handling and just gone for the throat using a recent compile (with generated assembler shown) and a SYSUDUMP. The programmers have forgotten how to do this entirely. They require AbendAid to pinpoint the problem for them or it is unfixable.

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US)
Of John Gilmore Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 07:28 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend The LE is clearly involved. It would help to know what language---COBOL?---this application was written in and to have a DCB for the input file

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US)
Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 08:16 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Being old, I have occasionally turned off LE's abend handling and just gone for the throat using

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Steve Comstock
On 7/3/2013 5:10 AM, Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US) wrote: We have a production job that is abending with S0C7 reason 0007. I set a slip to capture a dump but I can't seem to find the input record that is causing the S0C7 in this dump. I also have a CEEDUMP but that's not real helpful in

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Skip Robinson
From: Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 07/03/2013 05:44 AM Subject:Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On 7/3/2013 5:10 AM, Mowry, Norma E CIV

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Lizette Koehler
You might look at some of these Share Proceedings. They may help ● LE Crime Scene Investigation - Finding Debugging Clues in LE Dumps ● Slowed Down by LE? Perhaps the CEEPIPI Service Can Help! ● LE for Dummies ● COBOL Performance - Myths and Realities ● Comparing

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Lizette Koehler
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 6:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend You might look at some of these Share Proceedings. They may help

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 7/3/2013 8:34 AM, Mowry, Norma E CIV DISA ESB (US) wrote: The program abending is written in COBOL. That invalidates my first guess g Back in the late sixties I diagnosed my first 0C7, in a colleague's production program that had been running problem free for some time. He was reading

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Joe D'Alessandro
As someone pointed out, a s0c7 may not really be due to a bad data field in the last record READ. But, to answer that question, if you did get an SVC dump using SLIP and you included RGN, SWA, TRT: use IP SUMMARY REGS FORMAT to get the DEB chain printed or follow it yourself to find the OPEN

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Kirk Talman
There have been several various good answers to this problem. As a certified alte kacker, I would like to comment on what this tells us about the state of mainframe IT. - Apparently one can be in Operating Systems Support w/o having been an application programmer. One of the advantages many

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Kirk Talman rkueb...@tsys.com wrote: There have been several various good answers to this problem. As a certified alte kacker, I would like to comment on what this tells us about the state of mainframe IT. - Apparently one can be in Operating Systems Support

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Steve Comstock
On 7/3/2013 12:11 PM, Kirk Talman wrote: There have been several various good answers to this problem. As a certified alte kacker, I would like to comment on what this tells us about the state of mainframe IT. - Apparently one can be in Operating Systems Support w/o having been an application

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Carl Swanson
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 2:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend On 7/3/2013 12:11 PM, Kirk Talman wrote

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Ed Gould
Kirk: We had one of these issues and the programmer said since its a system 0C7 its the systems people's responsibility . I called up to his manager and dispensed him out the door . Ed On Jul 3, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Kirk Talman wrote: There have been several various good answers to this

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread John McKown
You too? First name wouldn't have been Walter by any chance, would it? Same programmer went to the DOS/VS sysprog with a DOS message similar to PROGRAM TERMINATED BY PROGRAM REQUEST. Insisted the wasn't a TERMINATE verb anywhere in his program, must be a compiler problem. On Jul 3, 2013 2:50 PM,

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In caajsdjjn4zk-csejvp4exf4ctxc5dnv6cfr5a19pnovvvgq...@mail.gmail.com, on 07/03/2013 at 07:16 AM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com said: Being old, I have occasionally turned off LE's abend handling and just gone for the throat using a recent compile (with generated assembler shown)

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
of knowledge of how to debug this simple issue. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data

Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 01bc01ce7820$59608f30$0c21ad90$@verizon.net, on 07/03/2013 at 03:05 PM, Carl Swanson carl.swans...@verizon.net said: You have the entry point to the abend and you have the entry point of the problem program. In many situations it's easy to get the wrong addresses from the dump if you don't