data in PACKED format

sparrow · New User Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Pune

Hi All,

I have a PS file with PACKED DATA in it. I could not open the file in 3.4. I am getting a a error message

" IEA705I ERROR DURING GETMAIN SYS CODE = 878-10 USERID TSOLOGON $$$LOGON 00
IEA705I 00F91B80 007F8118 007F8118 00005200 0023E2D8
"
"

System abend code 878
Reason code 10

"

From the ISPF tutorial I found the reason as " 878 - INSUFFICIENT VIRTUAL STORAGE "

I dont know how to increate the Virtual space to open the file.

I could open the file in Browse mode in FILEAID where can i cannot give he command " PACK OFF"

Please some one help me

prino · Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 10:00 pm

Edit it in batch using an edit macro and specify "REGION=0M".

sparrow · New User Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Pune

Hi Prino,

Thanks for your reply..
I tried this edit macro

/* REXX */
ADDRESS ISREDIT "MACRO"
ADDRESS ISREDIT "PACK OFF"
ADDRESS ISREDIT "SAVE"
ADDRESS ISREDIT "END"
EXIT

but it didnot work...could you please tell me where to add the "REGION=0M". ?

Thanks

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 10:13 pm

Hello,

sparrow · New User Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Pune

Sorry for wasting you time

I used a REXX exec to edit the file with edit macro

here is my EXEC

/* REXX */
ADDRESS TSO
"ALTLIB ACTIVATE APPL(EXEC) DA('MYPDS.EXEC')"
ADDRESS ISPEXEC
"EDIT DATASET('Filename') MACRO(PACK)"

EXIT

and my MACRO is as i pasted earlier

i got a error message like this

IEA705I ERROR DURING GETMAIN SYS CODE = 878-10 USERID TSOLOGON $$$LOGON 00
IEA705I 00F91B80 007A08E0 007A08E0 00005200 00237580
IRX0250E System abend code 878, reason code 00000016.

IRX0255E Abend in host command EDIT or address environment routine ISPEXEC

prino · Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 10:30 pm

And how about your JCL?

Preferably between

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 10:33 pm

1. you apparently have a large file, or a file with large records.

2. if you would read prino's post,
properly,
he told you to run EDIT in Batch, with a Macro to change the PACK attribute.
you ran it it foreground.

3. Why are you EDITing the file, anyway?

4. As usual, if you would tell us what you want to do,
instead of how you want to do it,
we could offer suggestions.

5. besides, what problem is there with the PACK ON?

sparrow · New User Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Pune

dbzTHEdinosauer,

here are my answers.

1. Yes it seems like a large file

2. I donot know how to run a macro thru Batch.

3. The data in the file is in PACKED format..I need to unpack it. I can use the PACK OFF command in EDIT mode.

4.its same as #3.

5.my program is not reading the file with PACKED data properly.

Thanks

prino · Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:38 pm

ISRLEMX

No clue if it will work on datasets, in which case a BATCH edit is your only choice.