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Hi everyone,
Whats the difference between Status code, Return code and error code. Most importantly what is VSAM error codes?

Kind regards
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Kindly someone reply to the topic its needy.

Kindly someone reply to the topic its needy.

Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:07 pm
Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:26 pm

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You need to be more specific about what context you mean. Return code when referencing a job is a value from 0 to 4095 which in some way (depending upon the program being executed) indicates the success or not of the program. The program did not ABEND but it may not have run successfully. For VSAM, the return code indicates the result of the command, (the range is 0 to 256 and most if not all of them are multiples of 4) and a reason code specifies more detail about the problem. Search the IBM web site for IDC3009I to get more details about possible VSAM return codes and their associated reason codes.

Status code and error code typically require a context to determine their meaning as well.