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feng hao
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I tried to read a vsam file with a specified key in PL/1, it is all right whether it could find the one. However, when I make the vsam blank, then the program will get abended with 'ONCODE=82', just like below, but I didn't find nothing correlated between them. Hope anyone could help me.
The UNDEFINEDFILE condition was raised because the data set was never loaded |
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Robert Sample
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First, tell us what you mean by
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| However, when I make the vsam blank |
since that statement makes absolutely no sense to me. Are you referring to something in the JCL? the PL/I program? the VSAM file itself? and what, exactly, are you doing to "make the vsam blank"? |
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feng hao
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| Yes, Robert, I use IDCAMS(repro) to copy an empty dataset to the vsam file, and then the PL/1 execute query against it in the same manner. |
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Robert Sample
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You are aware that copying an empty file to a VSAM data set does not empty it (unlike sequential files), right? You are also aware that attempting to read a VSAM file that has never had a record written to it will cause you problems, right?
You absolutely must load the VSAM file with a record after defining it before attempting to read it. You can delete that record after the write, but you cannot skip the write.
All this has been discussed many times on this forum. |
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feng hao
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| Thank you very much for your detailed explanation, Robert, I got it now totally. |
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