DCB parameters for SYSPRINT datasets generated by DBXMMPR

Products

• Datacom
• IPC
• Datacom/AD
• Datacom/DB

Issue/Introduction

SYSPRINT is directed to a DASD dataset for DBXMMPR (COBOL SQL precompiler), not to SYSOUT, but the resulting file is not readable. What are the correct DCB parameters to be used when SYSPRINT is directed to a DASD dataset?

Resolution

DBXMMPR has been rewritten with IBM/C since Datacom 12.0, so Datacom uses the IBM defaults. As stated by PTF RO21319, a DCB must be specified in Precompiler JCL when SYSPRINT is not directed to SYSOUT. The optimal choice would be RECFM=FBA and LRECL=133.