S0CE...What is it and how do I get rid of it? (newb here) 1

[tekken5]

I am looking for more information about the SOCE abend. I know it is some sort of significance exception. If anyone has had to deal with this abend any information would be helpful. I work with Enterprise COBOL on an IBM Mainframe system.

 

[jrohrbach]

From the reference I have available,

********************* Text Below Copyright (c) 2005, IBM *********************
0CE
System ABEND: S0CE

Description: This ABEND is caused by a significance exception. The result
of a floating-point addition or subtraction has an all-zero
fraction within it.

User Action: Correct the program logic error that caused the exception
and resubmit the job.

****************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ********************************

In other words, check the data being used within the abending instruction.

Ever onward,
jar

 

[tekken5]

ok i will see what i can find within the data to see what's going on. thanks

 

[3gm]

Given that the abend reflect floating-point operations, I'd look especially carefully at any COMP-1 or COMP-2 data fields.

Regards.

Glenn

 

[WMK]

I would also look at adding an "ON SIZE ERROR" phrase to any arithmetic statement.

Do you know the (COBOL) source code for the statement where the ABEND occurs? I can imagine that this MIGHT happen for some Intirinsic Functions, e.g.

05 Blank-Field Pic X(10) Value Spaces.
...

Compute Something = Function NumVal (Blank-Field)

However, if you find the actual ABENDing statement, it should (???) be clear what the problem actually is.

Bill Klein