COBOL compilation error RC=12

vinod kumar prasad · New User Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 8 Location: India

I am trying to compile A COBOL program.
and getting RC=12, but i see 4 under INFORMATIONAL but still RC=12.
kindly help me on this

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:08 pm

Kindly copy/paste, don't attach screen prints.

Did you try fixing the error you have? At least show all of it here.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:28 pm

Have a look at this topic.

That first little message (the 185-I) will probably lead you to the "source" of your problem. Fix the other one as well, but not connected to this problem.

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:31 pm

Did you verify from Appendix E of the COBOL Language Reference manual (available at the Manuals link at the top of this page) that you are not using a reserved word for a variable name? Did you check with your site support group to see if they added anything to the reserved word table at your site?

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:32 pm

Are you sure your RC=12 is not from link edit?

vinod kumar prasad · New User Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 8 Location: India

Yes I am very sure about the RC is 12. and i m clueless for that. If i have only 4 information how RC can be 12 ???

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:37 pm

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:38 pm

PeterHolland · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:39 pm

4 is the number of informational messages, and NOT a return code.

reading comprehension is an art.

vinod kumar prasad · New User Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 8 Location: India

Below is what i got as information with RC as 12

IGYSC0185-I Messages were issued during library phase processing. Refer to the begining of the listing.

231 IGYDS0086-I "RECORD-NAME" was specified as an informational word in the current reserved word table . The reserved word table used may be different from the IBM-supplied default.Language Reference for information on reserved words.

Same message on line: 233 1532
Messages Total Informational Warning Error Severe Terminating
Printed: 4 4
* Statistics for COBOL program FSRXIF3E:
* Source records = 1535
* Data Division statements = 671
* Procedure Division statements = 202
End of compilation 1, program FSRXIF3E, highest severity 0.
Return code 12

vinod kumar prasad · New User Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 8 Location: India

[
IGYSC0185-I Messages were issued during library phase processing. Refer to the beginning of the listing

231 IGYDS0086-I "RECORD-NAME" was specified as an informational word in the current reserved word table.The reserved word table used may be different from the IBM-supplied default .Refer to VS COBOL II Application Programming. Language Reference for information on reserved words

Same message on line: 233 1532
-Messages Total Informational Warning Error Severe Terminating
0Printed: 4 4
-* Statistics for COBOL program FSRXIF3E:
* Source records = 1535
* Data Division statements = 671
* Procedure Division statements = 202
0End of compilation 1, program FSRXIF3E, highest severity 0.
0Return code 12
][/code]

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:48 pm

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:49 pm

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:51 pm

"Highest severity" and "Return Code" on the compile listing usually have a pretty clear relationship.

With severity 0, you'd expect Return Code 0.

Looks like Library Phase messes that up, in that it does not get to influence the severity.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:55 pm

You should be able to find for IGYLI message(s).

If you had googled for the message you could see, you'd have come to the topic I highlighted for you and not have had to bother asking the question.

vinod kumar prasad · New User Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 8 Location: India

I have googled it too but didnt get anything to help myself. Still its fishy how RC can be 12 is i got only 4 informations.

PeterHolland · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:02 pm

Frisbee asked you for prove if the rc=12 comes from the compile or from something else. You are repeating yourself over and over with stupidity.
Give us the jobstream, all the sysout etc. etc.

Beside that its friday afternoon, and here happy hours are starting and i want to attend all of them. So good luck.

vinod kumar prasad · New User Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 8 Location: India

COPY IDMS SUBSCHEMA-CONTROL
Above is the copy statement which is using Variable "RECORD-NAME".
Help me how to change the copy variables ...

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:08 pm

vinod kumar prasad · New User Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 8 Location: India

Is there anyway i can do any modification to get RC=0 ??

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:21 pm

Yes, but YOU will have to find and make the change since you are not posting anything source related. If IDMS is involved, you may need to get the DBA involved to help figure out the actual problem and how to fix it.

vinod kumar prasad · New User Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 8 Location: India

sorry but as all my codes are classified can't post it here.
Anyways i'll try to get the hepl of DBA on the same.

Thanks for all your expert advices.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:38 pm

what classification do your codes have?

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:30 pm

Dick, I'm thinking maybe TS/SCI with a NOFORN designation?

Ed Goodman · Active Member Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Posts: 556 Location: USA

At our shop, our spool handling program can have a filter added to it. This filter can be told to select only certain lines from the output of a job. Our shop set up the list of messages to be shown about a decade ago.

People still use it, and it causes exactly this kind of confusion.

There are probably a raft of messages from the link-edit step that are not matching the filter the TS is using. So they type "SS" in the little command area and see what they posted abouve, never guessing there are 500 other lines of information that would help them.

I suggest looking to make sure there isn't another command to use that does not filter out any lines.