what is the diff btw jcl error, maxcc=12 or 8 and abend?

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diarymilk
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what is the diff btw jcl error, maxcc=12 or 8 and abend?

Post by diarymilk » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:35 am

can any one explain the difference between them.
please explain from the point of jcl , cobol, db2 and cics.

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Post by Anuj Dhawan » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:24 pm

What exactly your question is?
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Post by diarymilk » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:51 pm

hi anuj

i want to find out the difference between jcl error, maxcc=0,4,8,12.... and abend???

thank you..

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Post by Anuj Dhawan » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:00 am

/General Perception on

To start with, this question deos not make any sense -- dont' get disappointed, i'll try to explain the things. Actually, the way question is phrased it seems you are quite new in the profession.

/General Perception off

JCL itself does nothing, it just arragens the things to perform what a user wants. So, nearly everything depnds on programmer.

JCL error is something which pops-up when there is some syntax-error in your JCL. There can be many reasons for that, there can be many syntax error; viz.: DD is coded past column 16 to state the one... You can refer JCL reference manuals every now and then when you get some JCL error or if your JCL-syntax checker (JEM, JSCAN etc.) is intelligent enough to tell you the error on the spot.

MAXCC is the heighest RC from some step of JCL. RC values are not predictable -- they can vary from 0 to 4096.

In case you are executing some user written program there is no meaning to bet upon the MAXCC or RC from the JCL, they depend on the user-program. However, in the case of Sort, IDCAMS they can tell you a direct meaning. Suggest you look into the appropriate manual.

Abend is pretty staight forward -- your program (mind you not the JCL) is abnormally terminated; program can be a user written or a utility.
Regards,
Anuj

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