> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:55 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: COBOL / VSAM question. > > > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:13:58 -0500, Chase, John > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > And sysplex has nothing to do with this really. It thought this > >> > needed to be done > >> > since DF/EF in the 80's. I guess if you've run into > >> > previous file status 97s, > >> > someone must have run a VERIFY. > >> > > >> > Mark > >> > -- > >> > >> I have NO idea about the VERIFY. And, of course, since the > >> last thing that we did was convert to a sysplex, the first > >> question out of the programmer's mouth was: "It has always > >> worked before. Is the sysplex conversion the reason that it > >> all of a sudden failed?" > > > >It's been many years, but ISTR (vaguely) that the 97 occurs > at OPEN time > >if an _implicit_ VERIFY was done (i.e., OPEN "discovered" that the > >previous opener of the dataset did not close it "cleanly", > so it invoked > >VERIFY "under the covers"). The "fix" was (is?) to run an _explicit_ > >IDCAMS VERIFY against the dataset. > > > >I don't believe sysplex has anything to do with it, but like I said, > >it's been many years........ > > > > You're right. There would be no reason to run the "manual" > VERIFY after the > file status 97. Just re-run the program and it will > magically disappear. > > Mark > --
Well, given that the file actually is OPEN to CICS at the time, I don't think that just rerunning the job would fix the 97. Or would it? I have come to __HATE__ VSAM here. Especially here, where we're too <elided> cheap to get a database on z/OS. Better 1000s of MS-SQL squatty boxes than one enterprise class server! -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
