File Status 44

[kcfinch]

My cobol program is giving a file status 44 on a write command of a record to a ksds vsam file. The FD record layout for the record of this file in the program is 250. The file is defined to the system with a record length of 250. I do not understand how this file status 44 could be happening??

 

[3gm]

Your record must have some variable data in it (OCCURS DEPENDING ON, or multiple 01's for the file?). Can you post the SELECT, FD, record definitions and WRITE statement?

Regards.

Glenn

 

[Dimandja]

What Glenn said. Also, note that status 44 only happens when trying to WRITE or REWRITE a different size record. Check your field sizes, especially the computational, binary, packed and the like - that's where miscounting usually occurs.

Dimandja

 

[afjt]

Check the compilation listing - it will tell you how long it really thinks the record area is, and whether or not it is fixed or variable length.