FFFFFFEC = -20. -20 will quickly get you to the fact that the parameter should be a null-terminated string rather than an MVS-style PARM= value.
Bob MVS OpenEdition <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/12/2007 11:45:43 PM: > OK, so I'm writing this CGI in Assembler to access > a VSAM file [seemed like a fun thing to do]. The > program is reentrant and LE-conforming. > > To allocate the file, I want to call BPXWDYN, but > I'm having all kinds of troubles. > > You can't really CALL, you should LINK. So, I set the > parm up as R1 --> a(alloc)+x'8000000' > > where alloc is > > alloc ds 0cl62 > dc h'60' > dc cl60'alloc dd(meals) dsn(stnt329.train.meals) shr reuse' > > then I > > LINK EP=BPXWDYN > > but I get, in R15: FFFFFFEC which is -21 decimal > The doc says this is a "key error" (it uses this > term "key" a lot and never defines it, I notice), > for the first "key". But it looks good to me. > > [I've also tried it all upper case; I've also tried > it double-quoted inside the single quotes, both > upper-case and lower-case; always this result.] > > Anyone have any hints, suggestions, solutions? > > TIA for any help. > > Kind regards, > > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > 303-393-8716 > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > -- to be included in our opt-in list of announcements of > -- new courses and other products and services from The > -- Trainer's Friend, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For MVS-OE subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO MVS-OE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
