Pat, This takes me back a bit.
A 90 was usually an Open Request failure for an empty VSAM file. I believe you get it on a close of an unopened file also. Perhaps return codes from OPEN ACB would be a good start. Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
