HP System Dictionary/XL Utilities Reference Manual - Part 1 SDDBD (32256-90003)

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Running the SDDBC Program

Job Control Word

Upon exiting from SDDBC, the Job Control Word (JCW) is set according to the termination

condition of the system:

0 - Program terminated normally with EXIT

FATAL - Program terminated abnormally before an EXIT

This allows the batch mode user to test for the termination condition and act accordingly.

JCW is set to FATAL (equivalent to -32768) whenever the system must terminate before

executing an EXIT statement. This can occur under the following circumstances:

• The number of errors encountered exceeded the number speciﬁed by the user.

• A fatal MPE ﬁle system error was encountered.