IBM MAINFRAME HELP & SUPPORT FORUMS

girish_s · Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 45 Location: india

Hi,
Is is possible to query cics system definition file (which is a vsam file) in a cobol program?

I have this doubt since it is a system file and that using a system file in a user written cobol program would alter it.

Garry Carroll · Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 171 Location: Dublin, Ireland

If you have the information of the structure of the data, there's no reason why you couldn't READ the file for queries.

Regards,
Garry.

girish_s · Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 45 Location: india

the problem here is that the definition of the csd file is not known. We have no idea of how the key structure is. Any inputs regarding it?

enrico-sorichetti · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 3168 Location: italy

what are the requirement that are not satified by the standard cics CSD utility ?

Garry Carroll · Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 171 Location: Dublin, Ireland

You might start by looking at the IBM-supplied ADFHSAMP(DFHŁCRFP) - the CSD Cross Referencing Sample Program.

Regards,
Garry.

mkarthikeyan · Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Bangalore

You can use DFHCSDUP (CICS RDO OFF-LINE UTILITY PROGRAM) to list all the objects defined in CSD file

!!! Cautious: Consult with System admin for more info

//CONSDEF EXEC PGM=DFHCSDUP
//STEPLIB DD DSN=HLQ.SDFHLOAD,DISP=SHR
//DFHCSD DD DSN=HLQ.DFHCSD,DISP=OLD
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
LIST ALL OBJECTS
/*

Thanks
Karthikeyan

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