Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure



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Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby daloporhecho » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:02 am

My PL/I code has the following:

dcl my_output file stream output;

If I had to run this program from a JCL I'd assign a DD to match this 'my_output'. But this program runs online (called from another via plitdli).

Question is: how do I assign the resources (input and output) when the program runs online instead of batch?

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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby enrico-sorichetti » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:08 am

if the program, as You say, runs online
You are out of luck, You cannot do any I/O operation on mvs files
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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby daloporhecho » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:29 am

The program is already running. Is online. Does use a file stream output. Are you sure IMS doesn't play a role assigning resources?
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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby NicC » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:51 am

has the program ever executed the bit of code that writes to that file? Are there any writes to that file in the program?!
The problem I have is that people can explain things quickly but I can only comprehend slowly.
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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby daloporhecho » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:57 am

Actually, I can't say whether is a file or a printer or something else. But yes, there are PUTs to that file:
put file (my_output) skip edit ('DB2 SQL SEVERE ERROR') (A);
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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby NicC » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:59 am

Has it ever been written to? Also, is the file OPENed in the program - if it has never been accessed then IMS will not know about it but it could be an abend waiting to happen.
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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby daloporhecho » Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:13 am

The file is OPENed. Can't say if it has ever been written to.
I can't believe what you guys are telling me: you can't use file input and output from PL/I unless your program runs batch. I'm very new to PL/I and IMS, but that doesn't sound very reasonable to me. I'm not saying you are wrong, but confusion grows stronger and stronger in poor me.
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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby dick scherrer » Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:30 am

Hello,

For this particular question, what does "online" mean?
Hope this helps,
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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby daloporhecho » Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:46 am

The opposite to batch: no JCL involved.
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Re: Input stream for online (not batch) PL/I procedure

Postby Akatsukami » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:20 am

daloporhecho wrote:The opposite to batch: no JCL involved.

Using IMS DC or CICS?
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