DSNTIAR

The assembler subroutine DSNTIAR helps you to obtain a formatted form of the SQLCA and a text message that is based on the SQLCODE field of the SQLCA.

DSNTIAR can run either above or below the 16-MB line of virtual storage. The DSNTIAR object module that comes with DB2® has the attributes AMODE(31) and RMODE(ANY). At installation time, DSNTIAR links as AMODE(31) and RMODE(ANY). DSNTIAR runs in 31-bit mode if any of the following conditions is true:

• DSNTIAR is linked with other modules that also have the attributes AMODE(31) and RMODE(ANY).
• DSNTIAR is linked into an application that specifies the attributes AMODE(31) and RMODE(ANY) in its link-edit JCL.
• An application loads DSNTIAR.

When loading DSNTIAR from another program, be careful how you branch to DSNTIAR. For example, if the calling program is in 24-bit addressing mode and DSNTIAR is loaded above the 16-MB line, you cannot use the assembler BALR instruction or CALL macro to call DSNTIAR, because they assume that DSNTIAR is in 24-bit mode. Instead, you must use an instruction that is capable of branching into 31-bit mode, such as BASSM.

You can dynamically link (load) and call DSNTIAR directly from a language that does not handle 31-bit addressing. To do this, link a second version of DSNTIAR with the attributes AMODE(24) and RMODE(24) into another load module library. Alternatively, you can write an intermediate assembler language program that calls DSNTIAR in 31-bit mode and then call that intermediate program in 24-bit mode from your application.

For more information on the allowed and default AMODE and RMODE settings for a particular language, see the application programming guide for that language. For details on how the attributes AMODE and RMODE of an application are determined, see the linkage editor and loader user's guide for the language in which you have written the application.