0068 error-status in a CICS program or UCFCICS

Products

• IDMS
• IDMS - Database

Issue/Introduction

A user written CICS program accessing IDMS fails with an error status of 0068 on a BIND RUN-UNIT statement. This could also occur in a UCFCICS module.

Environment

Release: All supported releases.

Resolution

The possible reasons for this error are:

• IDMSINTC has not been started. IDMSINTC is normally added to the CICS PLT so it will be executed automatically during CICS startup.
• The value specified for CWADISP in the CICSOPT options module for IDMSINTC is in use by another application. The CWA location specified by CWADISP contains the address of IDMSINTC. If another application uses the same location it will overwrite that address. The CWA displacement specified in CICSOPT must be reserved for the exclusive use of IDMS.
• The value specified for CWADISP in the IDMSCINT module linked with the application does not match the value specified for CWADISP in IDMSINTC. If there are multiple CICS interfaces, each with different CWADISP values, the wrong IDMSCINT module could have been linked with the application.
• The condition described in 3134 abend code initiating IDMSINTC in CICS may also cause an 0068 and may not be as visible depending on the method used to load the xxxxINTC module. Check the CICS log for DC021011 and DYLD abend messages.

 

Additional Information

IDMS CICS Considerations
An introduction to the IDMS CICS interface