ENQ usage

akodakka · New User Joined: 20 May 2010 Posts: 75 Location: India

Hi

I have a code like below

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:09 am

Since you didn't bother to explain where TAB-PTR is defined, nor how it is used, why do you think ANYBODY on this forum could explain whatever behavior you're seeing? ENQ, as far as I know, does not do anything except suspend your program until the requested resource becomes available (or sets a flag if NONSUSPEND is used) -- it's not supposed to be doing things to your variables.

akodakka · New User Joined: 20 May 2010 Posts: 75 Location: India

Hi Robert

The tab-ptr is defined as a pointer in the same program.

But my actual query is there any possibilty of that a pointer = null changes after i do a ENQ(PROGA). And yes in PROGA i am dealing with tab-ptr.

I don't see any explanation for this as there is no other statements comes in between.

Thanks
Anoop

Bill Woodger · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:45 am

On the ENQ the PROGA is just a bit of text, establishing a name for a resource, isn't it?

If you are able to test it, change the PROGA text to something else to convince yourself there is no relationship.

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:51 am

I think you are confusing PROGA the program with PROGA the ENQ resource. They are not the same -- do not think they are.

akodakka · New User Joined: 20 May 2010 Posts: 75 Location: India

Hi Bill

Yes PROGA is a variable with a value of a PROGRAM name.

and another thing before the above mentioned statemnt am calling another prog which is also using tab-ptr but there is no address will get assigned to the pointer in that prog

so the code is as below

Call PROGXX
end call
And then the above mentioned code

so am wondering if this giving some time of delay for the address get updated in the pointer.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:23 am

No, no time delays. You're beginning to clutch at straws.

You are going to have to show the actual code. What you have given so far, looks re-typed.

Please past the definition of the pointer and fields before and after it, and all references in the program to the pointer, in their context.

For what you have shown so far, if the value was NULL before the EXEC CICS ENQ, then the value will be NULL immediately afterwards. The ENQ cannot be affecting the pointer.

So, it doesn't make sense. That's why you have to paste what is actually there.