Cobol - error handling in ims

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error handling in ims

piero

2005-04-24, 8:55 pm

I would appreciate suggestion on how to handle unespected errors (for
example database return codes) in cobol/ims. Intentional abend?
Logging error? Rollback? Display? Format with error description?
Thanks
Piero

docdwarf@panix.com

2005-04-24, 8:55 pm

In article <cbf8aea2.0504220549.4e74b5e5@posting.google.com>,
piero <pietro_crincoli@yahoo.it> wrote:
>I would appreciate suggestion on how to handle unespected errors (for
>example database return codes) in cobol/ims. Intentional abend?
>Logging error? Rollback? Display? Format with error description?

These are all possibilities... don't forget the standard:

When in danger, when in doubt -
Run in circles, scream and shout.

DD

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