Wrong Length Error during CICS write for a Varaible length f

Mayil · New User Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 14

I am having a Log file whose length varies from 127 to 4327. I am trying to write a record of Length 137 into the file. The record is getting written into the file, but a value of x'E1' (Wrong Length error) comes in EIBRCODE. Somebody please throw some light on this.

William Thompson · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:58 pm

How are you specifing the length for the write?

Mayil · New User Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 14

The exact values for the command i used is as below.

EXEC CICS WRITE
DATASET (ISIORO-FILE-NAME)
FROM (ISOIOAO-RECORD1)
RIDFLD (ISIORO-RECORD-KEY)
LENGTH (SS08WS-LENGTH)
END-EXEC.

I had moved the length of that ISOIOAO-RECORD1 in the length varaible SS08WS-LENGTH

William Thompson · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:24 pm

What was in EIBRESP and EIBRESP2?
LENGERR
RESP2 values:
12 The length specified for the write operation exceeds the maximum record size; the record is truncated.
10 LENGTH is omitted for a WRITE to a file with variable-length records or to a BDAM file with undefined format records.
14 An incorrect length is specified for a write operation involving fixed-length records.

Mayil · New User Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 14

I am getting the following responses for EIB

EIBRESP 00000022
EIBRESP2 00000014

Does this mean that i have defiend the file wrongly or am sepcifying incorrect record length.

William Thompson · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 7:09 pm

Mayil · New User Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 14

Thanks a lot William. The FCT entry for the file mentioned that file was fixed length file. we have requested to change the FCT attributes (I don't have access rights for it).