Thanks. I expect coding a workaround is a more productive use of my time than wrestling with IBM.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Thomen Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: QSAM DCB not restored by CLOSE following S013-18 on OPEN "Charles Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Thanks. > > I always do an Ignore (MVI 3(R1),4) and branch to the address passed in R14. > > I do the Ignore without checking whether it is an allowed option (it is in > this case) on the theory that if it's not, what am I going to do? - Tell > QSAM to proceed with the ABEND, which is what QSAM does anyway with the > Ignore. I don't do Delay because in my particular situation, it's always a > one-DCB open. I don't request Recovery because it is not a recoverable ABEND > (typically - and not in this case). > > Other than that, there's not much to say about how I process the ABEND. I > save the codes and the DD name pointed to by DCBTIOT, tell QSAM to Ignore, > and return. I'll mail you the code off line if you want. > > I tell QSAM to Ignore but I don't ignore it - I pass an error back to the > HLL caller and do not attempt to further process the dataset, other than to > CLOSE the DCB (outside the exit). > > All suggestions welcome. Thanks again, Response from one of the developers: "The fact that he got an 013 abend means the DCB never opened. So issuing the close was a big nop. The DCB would have to be restored because the DCB abend exit said ignore." You might open a PMR with L2 to investigate this further. Thanks, Mark Thomen Catalog/IDCAMS/VSAM Development Go to http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/dfsms/ and click "Technical Notes" to search for DFSMS, Catalog, and VSAM issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
