On 16 Sep 2009 07:41:27 -0700, don.le...@leacom.ca (Don Leahy) wrote: >>>Rollback is an option, but what do you do after that? Fail silently? >> >> Use the Return Code that has been established for the condition. >>
>Sure, but that works only in those cases where the failure doesn't matter. > I don't understand. The scheduling software and the operations people look at the return code and respond. But instead of poring through a dump, the displays tell them exactly what happened, making it easier and quicker to find out what they should do as a result of the failure. Why default to the standard ABEND when I can give specific information and ABEND in a controlled manner? When failure *does* matter, I like to give the best information I can, and I like to make the failure as controlled as I can. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
