S0C4 abend because of increased length of Internal SORT

raghavendra_p_sarvade · New User Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 32

hi..

I increased the record length of file input/output to internal SORT in my program. This file input has BUFL in the JCL.

I am getting S0C4 abend when I try to run with the old BUFL. When I increase the BUFL to the maximum, the job went fine.

But need to know how does the BUFL impact the internal SORT and how to arrive the BUFL value for a particular record length/key length of an internal SORT.

Any help on this will be great..!!

murmohk1 · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:27 am

Raghavendra,

Post your spool data for better understanding.

raghavendra_p_sarvade · New User Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 32

This is the error message I got.

AB401 ===== ABEND-AID =====
REPORT WRITTEN TO: ABENDAID JOB-ISDXVPK0 STEP-PSTY0020
LE COND CODE=CEE3204S / EXPECTED COMP CODE=S0C4
ACCESS YOUR ABEND-AID REPORTS BY EXECUTING SYSTEM COMMA
ND "AA" FROM ANYWHERE IN ISPF.
IEF285I ISDXVPK.ISDXVPK0.JOB02617.D0000110.? SYSOUT
LEAID110 LE-AID IS ISSUING U4039-8 ABEND
IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP OUTPUT
USER COMPLETION CODE=4039 REASON CODE=00000008
TIME=08.10.55 SEQ=10435 CPU=0000 ASID=0287
PSW AT TIME OF ERROR 078D1000 B73938A6 ILC 2 INTC 0D
ACTIVE LOAD MODULE ADDRESS=37392C50 OFFSET=00000C56
NAME=#XAALE31
DATA AT PSW 373938A0 - 00181610 0A0D4100 00840A3C
AR/GR 0: 00000000/84000000 1: 00000000/84000FC7
2: 00000000/0002AC50 3: 00000000/000E4FC8
4: 00000000/0002A7D4 5: 00000000/37393C4F
6: 00000000/0002D824 7: 00000000/0002D914
8: 00000000/B71C33B0 9: 00000000/00000000
A: 00000000/0002D7B0 B: 00000000/B7392C50
C: 00000000/00025AD0 D: 00000000/0002D590
E: 80DB08C8/B7393608 F: 00000000/00000008
END OF SYMPTOM DUMP
IEF285I ISDXVPK.ISDXVPK0.JOB02617.D0000109.? SYSOUT
IEF472I ISDXVPK0 PSTY0020 - COMPLETION CODE - SYSTEM=0C4 USER=0000 REASON=000000

raghavendra_p_sarvade · New User Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 32

This is the error message I got.

AB401 ===== ABEND-AID =====
REPORT WRITTEN TO: ABENDAID JOB-ISDXVPK0 STEP-PSTY0020
LE COND CODE=CEE3204S / EXPECTED COMP CODE=S0C4
ACCESS YOUR ABEND-AID REPORTS BY EXECUTING SYSTEM COMMA
ND "AA" FROM ANYWHERE IN ISPF.
IEF285I ISDXVPK.ISDXVPK0.JOB02617.D0000110.? SYSOUT
LEAID110 LE-AID IS ISSUING U4039-8 ABEND
IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP OUTPUT
USER COMPLETION CODE=4039 REASON CODE=00000008
TIME=08.10.55 SEQ=10435 CPU=0000 ASID=0287
PSW AT TIME OF ERROR 078D1000 B73938A6 ILC 2 INTC 0D
ACTIVE LOAD MODULE ADDRESS=37392C50 OFFSET=00000C56
NAME=#XAALE31
DATA AT PSW 373938A0 - 00181610 0A0D4100 00840A3C
AR/GR 0: 00000000/84000000 1: 00000000/84000FC7
2: 00000000/0002AC50 3: 00000000/000E4FC8
4: 00000000/0002A7D4 5: 00000000/37393C4F
6: 00000000/0002D824 7: 00000000/0002D914
8: 00000000/B71C33B0 9: 00000000/00000000
A: 00000000/0002D7B0 B: 00000000/B7392C50
C: 00000000/00025AD0 D: 00000000/0002D590
E: 80DB08C8/B7393608 F: 00000000/00000008
END OF SYMPTOM DUMP
IEF285I ISDXVPK.ISDXVPK0.JOB02617.D0000109.? SYSOUT
IEF472I ISDXVPK0 PSTY0020 - COMPLETION CODE - SYSTEM=0C4 USER=0000 REASON=000000

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:52 am

Hello,

The reason you see what you do is that when the internal sort has a fatal abend (say an 013-xx - open error), it is often manifested as an 0c4.

When you corrected the conflicting parameters, the 0c4 was solved.

raghavendra_p_sarvade · New User Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 32

When I increased the BUFL, I did that to the maximum length. But I can't do it the same way in production. Is there a way to arrive at the BUFL for a specific record length/key length ?

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:37 pm

Hello,

What happens when you remove the BUFL parameter?

You might also try setting BUFL to the BLKZISE, but i suspect you'll be ok without the parameter at all.

raghavendra_p_sarvade · New User Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 32

The problem still persists when I remove the BUFL parameter. I only is working when I provide maximum length of 32760.

An thoughts..??

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:02 pm

Hello,

What happens when you set BUFL to blksize?

What is blksize?

How is your select/fd coded in the program?

raghavendra_p_sarvade · New User Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 32

I fixed the issue this way.

The program was reading the file and moving the data directly into SORT input procedure. I changed the read statement to read the input file into WS variable and then moved it to SORT input procedure and it worked fine.

Thanks Dick!!

murmohk1 · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:51 pm

Raghavendra,

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:49 pm

You're welcome

Thank you for posting your resolution.