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Hi Please any body explain me why the 0370 error will occur and whats the solution for it.

Is this a user abend (U0370) or system abend (S0370)? For the user abend, find the documentation and look up the error in it. System abends are all documented as well.

I assume you are talking about an IDMS database abend. In that case the error code explanation is "The database or journal file will not open properly. In a multifile opening, one or more files may not have opened.".

Note that the major code '03' refers to a FIND/OBTAIN statement, i.e., you got this abend when trying to execute a find/obtain statement.
The minor code '70' indicates the error. Check that all the database files required are available to the program.

the 0370 abend is

for 03(minor)
FIND/OBTAIN

for 70(major)
"The database or journal file will not ready properly"