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saravanans4
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| In our system recently one job abended with Return code 97. We ran VERIFY for a particular VSAM file and restarted the job. Again the job abended in the same step with RC 97 for another file. Is there any way to find out the file list for which we need to run the VERIFY statement? |
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expat
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| All of the VSAM files in that step / job ? |
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saravanans4
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| Yes for all the VSAM files used in the entire job. |
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expat
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| That's what I said ........... verify the lot of them |
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Robert Sample
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Or better yet, change the program to recognize that file status codes 00 and 97 mean the same thing -- the file opened successfully. From the COBOL manual on file status 97:
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For VSAM only: OPEN statement execution
successful: File integrity verified. |
so no need to run another verify on the file since COBOL has already done so while opening the file. |
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saravanans4
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| Thanks for the information |
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Terry Heinze
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| Most shops I've been at use Robert's method. We used it way back in the late 80s when converting from VSE to MVS and ISAM to VSAM. |
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rahulbank
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| I remember someone telling me to run the verify twice once to open and then to close it properly...not sure how true it is but has worked some times for me... |
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Robert Sample
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| Verify only needs to be run once. COBOL runs it if needed when opening the file. Whoever told you to run it twice to open and close the file properly either did not know what they're talking about or was playing a joke on you. |
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rahulbank
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| Hmmm...ok next time if I face this issue will run the verify once and will keep you posted... |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
You might consider changing the code before the next time. . .
Why deal with a false "abend"? |
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