Why am I getting a Divide by zero error?

Products

• CA PanAudit Plus
• CA Easytrieve Report Generator
• CA PAN/SQL

Issue/Introduction

Upgrade difference from Easytrieve 6.4 or Easytrieve r11.x-c compatibility mode, to easytrieve r11.x. 

Why is Easytrieve r11.6 abending, on a Divide by Zero?

Environment

Running an Easytrieve r11.6 program

Resolution

S0CB or S0C9 abend is caused by a 'divide by zero' condition. 

A divide by 0 should have never been allowed, but release 6.4 did not 

abend as it should have done. From release 11.0 and upwards the 

checking is much stricter, and has tightened up on a lot of coding 

errors that previously worked but should not have done. 

 

 

Additional Information

Adding in a check for "dividing" field being greater than zero prevents abend.