start transaction not working

ankit saxena · New User Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Posts: 55 Location: india

Hi,

I want to know is there any problem if i m starting transaction 2 times (one after another) on a same terminal repeatedly ,

actually i was trying to make a communicator out of CICS in it i am invoking a same transaction on a terminal and after enter key is pressed on next terminal every think is working fine if i am doing it one after the other ( one line from each termianl),

the problem i am facing is when i am trying to invoke the same transaction twice on same terminal(trying to fetch 2 lines or 2 enters)..
because on start transaction response code is coming 00000000 but it is not invoking transaction on the next screen now.

please help.

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:42 am

Could you please explain what you're trying to do a little better?

To be honest, I think you need to start all over with CICS fundamentals.

Bill

ankit saxena · New User Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Posts: 55 Location: india

ok let me explain.

actually my communicator is working fine if i am taking one line each time from each terminal,
but as i am trying to fetch (one line) one enter preceeded and then (another line) from same terminal by another enter it is giving response code as 0000000 but it is not starting transaction at next terminal..

Earl Haigh · Active User Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 475

gee, if you would only read the CICS application programmers reference manual , you will find the answer

it describes exactly the problem you are having with starting tasks at same terminal

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:14 am

Careful Earl,
some politically correct SOB will complain that you are not providing the information requested.

in this day and age, programmers are apparently not expected to read the manual.

ankit saxena · New User Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Posts: 55 Location: india

Hi ,
by that SOB you mean me ??.

and by the way i seriously went to this full pdf of CICS programing guide i am provided with but didn't got the answer, please atleast give me the link or tell me the problem..

thanks & regards..

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:36 pm

Rather than IBM manuals, do you have any aftermarket CICS books for reference?

I still think you need to start all over with CICS fundamentals and I still don't understand your "Communicator" concept and what you're trying to achieve?

What exactly are the business requirements?

Is this a pre-emptive "Screen Stealer" task?

Bill

ankit saxena · New User Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Posts: 55 Location: india

Hi,

Yes i Checked the manuals and there i found out that i should change it attributes in RDO to RESTART=YES..
but i do not have privelege to use CEDA

so any other way so that i can start (consecutive) transactions one after the other at same terminal ???
or anyother way to change attributes of my transaction ??.

thanks..

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:28 pm

Hello,

I'm probably missing something, but why can you not simply have each transaction start the next once the first transacton has been started?

ankit saxena · New User Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Posts: 55 Location: india

Actually it is needed,
if i have missed some thing or sent a wrong value..
so if i want to change that value
i need to trigger the transaction again with corrected value on the same terminal ...
but its not triggering even when i m getting response code normal...

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:12 pm

Hello,

What you describe is editing the input and processing accordingly (if i understand).

There is no reason to use something non-standard. CICS application programmers have been editing panel data and showing errors and moving to the "next" transaction for about 40 years.

The application simply needs to be coded so that the proper sequence is followed.

Suggest you look at other CICS code in use on that system and follow the same approach for navigating screens/transactions. It is most unlikely that you have found a business requirement that is so unique that it requires a non-standard solution.

Again, i may be misunderstanding something. . .

Earl Haigh · Active User Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 475

ankit saxena

since you can't understand the CICS manuals regarding start rules,

then use a cics debug tool.

If you don't have Vendor software debugger, then ask one of your
co-workers how to use the CICS supplied debug transaction CEDF.

The other option is to post your program that issues the start
command and maybe somone on this forum can resolve it for you.

ankit saxena · New User Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Posts: 55 Location: india

Hi Earl,

I have read those manuals and they say I should first change my RDO option as RESTART = YES,
AND as per my code is concerned that is giving response code =0000000
but still it is not triggering..
thats why i ask that if anybody know any other way???

Abhishek_Indore · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:35 pm

I think ,U should use either CEDF or use any online application debugger like Intertest or endevour to see why the start command is not triggering. I m sure, if u are using the start syntax correctly and called transaction is correctly setup on the CICS tables then start command should trigger the new transaction.

ankit saxena · New User Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Posts: 55 Location: india

Hi Abhi,

Code is working fine only when i m trying to trigger twice on the same terminal(screen) then only its not working,
this is because one of transaction option RESTART sould be set to YES by CEDA..

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 3:46 pm

triggering twice the same transaction on an interactive terminal might cause lots of unpredictable issues...
the proper way of doing it is to issue them in chains one at the time from the active transaction

transid0(active) ==> start transid1 and stop there

at this point
transid1(active) ==> start transid2

the flow might get changed by user data entered in transid1
so the transid started second from transid0 might find an out of sync situation

the best thing to do would be to review the whole process
in order to issue only one start transid for each task ( on an interactive terminal )

Earl Haigh · Active User Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 475

If your program logic is coded to execute multiple EXEC CICS START
commands for the same transaction at same terminal, CICS will
only start ONE transaction.