Recommended actions after an abnormal termination of an ODBA program

The suggestions given here are some common guidelines on what you should do if your program terminates abnormally.

• Document the error situation to help in investigating and correcting it. Some of the information that can be helpful include:
  • The program's PSB name
  • The call function
  • The terminal ID (online programs only)
  • The contents of the AIB or the PCB
  • The contents of the I/O area when the problem occurred
  • If a database request was executing, the SSAs or SEGMENT and WHERE options, if any, the request used
  • The date and time of day
• When your program encounters an error, it can pass all the required error information to a standard error routine.
• You can send a message to the system log by issuing a LOG request.