> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Saurabh Pandey > Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2008 4:55 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: VSAM random read error > > Hello, > > We have a KSDS file being read randomly during daily batch > process. But the read fails with file-status 23 (record not > found). On analysing the abend, the record with the read-key > is always found in the file. This happens on a random basis - > once or twice a month. > > The job gets through successfully if we resubmit the job > (after the abend:w/o making any changes!) or introduce > another step to take a backup of the file and then use it(the > backup file) in the program. > > Initially I thought that the file was being updated by some > other program running concurrently. I checked the abended > job's execution time and found that no other program running > parallely was even using this file. > > I have seemingly exhausted any possibility I could think of. > Could it be related to the record being present in secondary > extents? I am getting wilder :) > > Does someone has an idea here? > > Thank you, > Saurabh >
Are you sure that the file ***isn't*** open for update by another task such as CICS? Stephen Mednick Computer Supervisory Services Sydney, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
