On 20 Sep 2009 07:24:11 -0700, jcew...@acm.org (Joel C. Ewing) wrote: >I can conceive of a case where you might want to distinguish between >"97" and "00", but don't know of any programs in our shop doing that. >It might make sense if the failure was because of a known ABEND of a >re-runnable batch process or if there is a need to just record a >possible exposure to lost updates or failure to update VSAM statistics; >but, if you know which batch step abended, in all likelihood your >problem resolution is going to involve a fix and rerun of that to start >with.
I've never seen it - in all of the shops I've worked in. If a shop suspects some dirty process, it should stick in a bunch of IDCAMS verifies between jobs and trace down the problem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
