IBM MAINFRAME HELP & SUPPORT FORUMS

mainframesguru · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 38 Location: Hyderabad

Hi All,

I encountered a peculiar scenario in production.
A program tried reading a record randomly (KSDS file)
and it abended with 'Record not found - File status 23'.
But the record is present in the file.

When the job was rerun, without making any changes to data,
job ran successfully.

This issue occurs rarely, but certainly it require a fix.
Can anyone share their thoughts on it?

Please note, that it is a daily executed job.

Regards
Vamshi

CICS Guy · Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 1199 Location: At my desk

Was the dataset open to another region, such as a CICS?

mainframesguru · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 38 Location: Hyderabad

Dataset was NOT open to other regions.
It was Closed Disabled in CICS region.

Regards
vamshi

Cristopher · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 39 Location: NY

Hi,
Did u check the timestamp ( if present in the file).
Probably it was written after the read was performed.

Cris

mainframesguru · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 38 Location: Hyderabad

Hi Cristopher,

The file is opened in INPUT mode only, and the record exists
from long time, i.e not added in that batch.

I am making a wild guess, Does CPU % not available during
that read, could cause such abend?

CICS Guy · Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 1199 Location: At my desk

mainframesguru wrote: I am making a wild guess, Does CPU % not available during that read, could cause such abend? No way.... :roll:

dick scherrer · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 8723 Location: 221 B Baker St

Hello,

Most likely, there is a problem in the code. Some variable is not properly initialized or set to some current proper value.

Is the "not found" always the same record?

mainframesguru · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 38 Location: Hyderabad

Hi Dick,

No. It is not always the same record.
And if the problem is with logic, then rerunning the same job, without any changes, would have caused the abend again...isn't it?

eHorizon.Andrew · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject:

is that file only used by your program? only reading action?...

mainframesguru · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 38 Location: Hyderabad

Hi,

It is used by other programs/Jobs also.

enrico-sorichetti · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 3153 Location: italy

when you get a no record found issue a message followed by an abend,
look at the dump for storage overlays or unfriendly patterns

dbzTHEdinosauer · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 1633 Location: germany

Quote:
And if the problem is with logic, then rerunning the same job, without any changes, would have caused the abend again...(sic)isn't it?

well, you have convinced yourself that something is wrong with the operating system
or that a program will run differently when it receives fewer time slices than when there is little running in the system.

your manager is responsible for teaching you good debuging techniques and helping you to change your perspective.

we can only tell you what is probably wrong.
Dick Scherrer has provided you with the probable course of actiion to take -
debug you program and stop looking for reasons outside of the code as the problem - i.e. stop making assumptions.

your attitude, which is prevalent among most coders/programmers,
is the reason that consultants have opportunities for work. We don't make assumptions.

mainframesguru · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 38 Location: Hyderabad

Hi

Thanks for your kind advice.

As you said, logically speaking, if there is a problem with the code,
Then even if we execute the program 1000 times with same data,
the output should never vary.

But in this case, when we encounter the 'Random Read Error' and
reran the job again, it went fine. I hope you got the point.

I would check the suggestion provided by enrico sorichetti and Dick.

I would have been happy, if you had a point for resolution.

Anuj D. · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 2217 Location: Phoenix, AZ

Hi,

Please post he SYSDUMP & SYSOUT of abended JOB if possible.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 1633 Location: germany

Quote:
I would have been happy, if you had a point for resolution

we(I) did, proof your code, all the code, instruction by instruction.